Species notes
About Momordica charantia
Momordica charantia (also recorded as Balsam Pear) is an accepted species in the family Cucurbitaceae, within the order Cucurbitales. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Ascension, and Assam. The photographs can be compared for visible features such as growth habit, leaf arrangement, stems, flowers and fruit.
- Common name
- Balsam Pear
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Order
- Cucurbitales
- Identification rank
- Species
- Recorded distribution
- Alabama, Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Ascension, Assam
Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Field photographs
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