Momordica charantia(MOMCH)
Overview Code created in: 2004-04-06
- EPPO Code: MOMCH
- Preferred name: Momordica charantia
- Authority: Linnaeus
Western Asia (Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indochina, Malesia, practically all Africa (except Botswana, Cape). Cultivated as a vegetable. Introduced in China, Korea, USA, Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (except southern cone)
WSSA list of weeds in North America
Name | Authority |
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Momordica chinensis | Sprengel |
Momordica muricata | Willdenow |
Name | Language |
---|---|
balsam apple | English |
balsam pear | English |
bitter balsam apple | English |
bitter gourd | English |
bitter melon | English |
paria | English |
Balsambirne | German |
bitterer Balsamkürbis | German |
bittere Springgurke | German |
Bittergurke | German |
Margose | German |
concombre africain | French |
momordique à feuilles de vigne | French |
pomme de merveille | French |
archucha | Spanish |
balsamina | Spanish |
bálsamo | Spanish |
cundeamor | Spanish (CU) |
estropajo | Spanish (HN) |
jaiva | Spanish (MX) |
melón amargo | Spanish |
pomo balsamo | Italian |
springkomkommer | Dutch |
melão-de-são-caetano | Portuguese (BR) |
kankrol | Bengali |
kǔ guā | Chinese |
苦瓜 | Chinese |
karela | Hindi |
karilla | Hindi |
करेला | Hindi |
peria katak | Indonesian |
여 주 | Korean |
yeo ju | Korean |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Fabids (
1FABD )
Order
Cucurbitales (
1CUCO )
Family
Cucurbitaceae (
1CUCF )
Genus
Momordica (
1MOMG )
Species
Momordica charantia (
MOMCH )