Species Momordica balsamina L. (Balsam apple)

Biological classification:
  • kingdom: Plantae
  • - phylum: Tracheophyta
  • -- class: Magnoliopsida
  • --- order: Cucurbitales
  • ---- family: Cucurbitaceae
  • ----- species: Momordica balsamina
Characteristics:perennial climber; leaves are divided into 5-7 lobes, the margins toothed; the flowers are white to yellow with fused petals; the egg-shaped fruit is orange to red when ripe and covered with spines; the plant emits an unpleasent smell when bruised
Countries:
BW
Botswana
NA
Namibia
ZA
South Africa
Ecoregions:
AT1309
Kalahari xeric savanna
Links:
References:Van Rooyen et al. 2001: 152
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Date: 2011
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Source: http://dogonlanguages.org
Date: 2011
Creator: Jeff Heath and the Dogon and Bangime Languages Project
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
Source: http://dogonlanguages.org
Date: 2011
Creator: Jeff Heath and the Dogon and Bangime Languages Project
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
Source: http://dogonlanguages.org
Date: 2011
Creator: Jeff Heath and the Dogon and Bangime Languages Project
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
Source: http://dogonlanguages.org
Date: 2011
Creator: Jeff Heath and the Dogon and Bangime Languages Project
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Date: 2009-07-08
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Source: http://dogonlanguages.org
Date: 2011
Creator: Jeff Heath and the Dogon and Bangime Languages Project
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Source: http://dogonlanguages.org
Date: 2011
Creator: Jeff Heath and the Dogon and Bangime Languages Project
Permission: Creative Commons Attribution License
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