Details for: PI 596661, Momordica balsamina L., 34


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Momordica balsamina L.
Top Name:
34
Origin:
Collected – Transvaal, South Africa
Maintained:
Historic Record
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:
34
Origin:
Collected – Transvaal, South Africa
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
14 Jan 1997
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
29 April 1996.
Transvaal, South Africa
Locality: West of intersection of roads from Marico River crossing, 2km west of Deerdeport and Madikwe River Lodge intersection. Distributed along roadside going west.
Coordinates: -24.6414, 26.3842 (Map it)
Elevation: 904m.
Environment description: Savanna biome, arid sweet bush veld, east roadside slope.

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Accession Names and Identifiers
34
Type: Collector identifier

JDM0496
Type: Exploration identifier
Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS
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Narrative
Fruit small globular, tapered on both ends, skin light green, warts forming ridges markings, no netting, fruit length 30 mm, diameter 23 mm, flesh green.
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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