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Genus: Momordica
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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 11 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),
Flora of
Zimbabwe and
Flora of
Mozambique.
Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
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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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