Characteristics
Angiosperms (Dicots)
Momordica charantia L.
Balsam Pear; Bitter Melon; Bitter Gourd
Vine
Annual
Vascular
Perhaps a waif that becomes established for short periods of time. Rediscovered in Alabama after 125 years by Alvin Diamond in Montgomery County in 2020.
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Not Native
Diamond, A.R. 2020. Noteworthy collections of four non-native vascular plant species new to the flora of Alabama and one species rediscovered after 125 years. Castanea 85(2): 319-326.
Classification
CUCURBITALES
Momordica charantia L. - Balsam Pear; Bitter Melon; Bitter Gourd
Citation
<a href=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/359030>Momordica charantia Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 1009. 1753.</a>
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<a href=https://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.bm000647445?searchUri=filter%3Dname%26so%3Dps_group_by_genus_species%2Basc%26Query%3DMomordica%2Bcharantia>Cult. in Netherlands, without data (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by C. Jeffrey, in Milne-Redhead & Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Cucurbitac. 31. 1967.</a>
Species Distribution Map
Specimens and Distribution
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