Momordica balsamina L.

 
  • Family : CUCURBITACEAE
    (Gourd Or Melon Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KHARBOOZA FAMILY (खरबूजा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Cucurbitaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Momordica balsamina L.
  • Habit : Climber
  • Comments / notes : Infrequent over hedges.
  • Key identification features : Flowers bright yellow, male and female flowers solitary. Berries 3-6 cms long, broadly ovoid, fusiform, muricate or echinate, beaked. Seeds slightly turgid, smooth or sculptured.
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Maharashtra : Amravati district, Chandrapur district
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
  • Native : Angola, Australia, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Swa
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Angola, Australia, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • Literature :
    • N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2.
    • pp- 63. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Momordica balsamina. Downloaded on 12 November 2024.

India Distribution

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