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Details for: PI 542138,
Momordica balsamina
L., JT 55
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Momordica balsamina
L.
Top Name:
JT 55
Origin:
Collected – Botswana
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
29 Nov 1989
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Backup Location:
National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Momordica balsamina
L.
Top Name:
JT 55
Origin:
Collected – Botswana
Maintained:
Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)
Received by NPGS:
29 Nov 1989
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
05 April 1988.
Botswana
Locality:
50km From Toteng to Lake Ngami, Ngamiland District.
Coordinates:
-22.8333, 20.5833
(Map it)
Elevation:
980m.
Collector(s):
Field, D.
Kalake, E., National Herbarium
Mithen, R., IBPGR
Terry, Janet, Royal Botanic Gardens
Accession Names and Identifiers
JT 55
Type: Donor identifier
Group: IBPGR
International Board for Plant Genetic Resources
Narrative
Climbing trees and shrubs. Twenty five plants sampled out of a population of 50.
Momordica balsamina
L.
Genus:
Momordica
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Momordiceae
Nomen number:
24519
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1009. 1753
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
05/28/2009
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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Name
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English
balsam-apple
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
French
pomme de merveille
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German
Balsamapfel
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguese
balsâmina-de-purga
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish
balsamina
2
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedish
balsamgurka
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Urdu (Pakistan)
jangli karela
2
Hamid, S. et al.
1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:91.
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