Details for: PI 596648, Momordica balsamina L., 7


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Momordica balsamina L.
Top Name:
7
Origin:
Collected – Transvaal, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
14 Jan 1997
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Momordica balsamina L.
Top Name:
7
Origin:
Collected – Transvaal, South Africa
Received by NPGS:
14 Jan 1997
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
27 April 1996.
Transvaal, South Africa
Locality: Naboomspruit, growing on fence row and tree, 9.2km south of Mosdene Private National Reserve, Nylstrom/Roedtan turn-off to Boekenhout Station.
Coordinates: -24.6683, 28.7528 (Map it)
Elevation: 1121m.
Environment description: Savanna biome, mixed bush veld, southeast slope.
Comment: Abundant along fence row, insect damage on leaves.
Collector(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
7
Type: Collector identifier

JEWM-007
Type: Other or unclassified name

JDM0496
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Flowers creamy yellow. Skin color green turning to orange, markings warts forming ridges, no netting. Small fruit, globular with tapered blossom end, fruit length 38 mm, diameter 25mm. Flesh color white-yellow, seed color tan with red covering, seed size small.
Momordica balsamina L.
Genus:
Momordica
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Momordiceae
Nomen number:

24519
Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:1009. 1753
Verified:
05/28/2009 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
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Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbalsam-apple  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Frenchpomme de merveille  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanBalsamapfel  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Portuguesebalsâmina-de-purga  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishbalsamina  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Swedishbalsamgurka  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Urdu (Pakistan)jangli karela  2Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:91.
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