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Genus: Momordica
Life
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> Order: Cucurbitales > Family: Cucurbitaceae
About 40
species, native to the Old World with most of the species in the African
tropics. There are eight species native to southern Africa and another one
that is naturalised in the region.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
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Momordica balsamina
(Balsam apple)
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Momordica boivinii |
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Momordica
cardiospermoides |
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Momordica foetida |
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Momordica humilis |
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Momordica kirkii |
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Momordica repens |
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Momordica
welwitschii |
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Species naturalised in southern Africa
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Momordica charantia
(Bitter cucumber, Leprosy gourd) |
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Publications
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Jeffrey, C. 1978. Cucurbitaceae. Flora
Zambesiaca 4: 414-499.
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Meeuse, A.D.J. 1962. The Cucurbitaceae of
southern Africa. Bothalia 8: 1-111.
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