Details for: PI 543237, Momordica charantia L., Balsamina (Spanish)


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Momordica charantia L.
Top Name:
Balsamina (Spanish)
Origin:
Collected – Bolivia
Received by NPGS:
Nov 1989
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Availability
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Momordica charantia L.
Top Name:
Balsamina (Spanish)
Origin:
Collected – Bolivia
Received by NPGS:
Nov 1989
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
24 October 1988.
Bolivia
Locality: San Jose de Uchupiamonas, Tacana and Quechua Indian town, 35km on footpath W of Tumupasa, on high bench above the Rio Tuichi, La Paz Department, Iturralde Province.
Coordinates: -14.2500, -68.1667 (Map it)
Elevation: 630m.

Collector(s):
Donated
November 1989.
New York, United States
Comment: Collected in Northern Bolivia, September 8, 1988 through December 12, 1988
Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
Balsamina (Spanish)
Type: Local name

Etibeni ina (Tacana)
Type: Local name

771
Type: Donor identifier

DEW 0888
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
Exploration ID links

Narrative
Herbaceous vine trailing densely over fences in dooryard garden. Flowers yellow. Fruits avoid, to 5cm long, acuminate with spiney longitudinal ribs, orange, dehiscent, exposing yellow seeds covered with bright red arils. Common. Leaves used as spot remover and for bathing children with a rash called rasquina, and pitai. Casually cultivated
Momordica charantia L.
Genus:
Momordica
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Momordiceae
Nomen number:

24520
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:1009. 1753
Verified:
05/28/2009 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Momordica charantia L. subsp. charantia (0 active accession[s])
Momordica charantia L. subsp. macroloba Ach.-Dako & Blattner (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Momordica charantia L. var. abbreviata Ser.
Momordica muricata Willd.
Momordica zeylanica Mill.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbalsam-apple  1Holm, L. et al. 1997. World weeds: natural histories and distribution John Wiley & Sons, New York, New York. 478.
Englishbalsam-pear  1Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2.
Englishbitter gourd  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Englishbitter-cucumber  1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Englishbitter-melon  1Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Englishcarilla gourd  1Chakravarty, H. L. 1990. Cucurbits of India and their role in the development of vegetable crops. In: Bates, D. M. et al., Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 329.
Frenchconcombre africain  2Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Frenchmargose  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchmomordique  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchparoka  2Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:206-210.
Germanamerikanische Bittergurke  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1561.
GermanBalsambirne  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanBittergurke  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Indiakarela  2Watson, J. F. 1868. Index to the native and scientific names of Indian and other eastern economic plants and products
Indonesianparia  2Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:206-210.
Malayperia  2Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:206-210.
Spanishbalsamito  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishbálsamo  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishcundeamor  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishbittergurka  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chineseku gua  2Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
Transcribed Koreanyeoju  2Lee, Y. N. 1997. Flora of Korea.
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