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bitter melon
Momordica charantia
Momordica charantia
bitter melon Cucumber Family
Momordica charantia Cucurbitaceae
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common names
  bitter melon
  balsam-pear
accepted scientific name
  Momordica charantia L.
rules for finding collection records
  Momordica charantia (270)
family name
  • Cucurbitaceae
Image Author: ©2012 Zoya Akulova
Image License: CC BY-NC
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Category: Wildflowers, Woody Vines
Flowers: Five petals
Petal colors: color
Leaf: Alternate
Plant Observed All Year
Non-Native. Naturalized.

How Likely at this Location (40%)
Name Match (100%)
Plant Showiness (54%)
where plant found
mag select

Disturbed
Grassland
Forest
Brush
Salt Marsh
Rocky
Desert
Cliff
grid lines base


Names

Accepted Scientific Name

Momordica charantia   L.   (TSN: 22399, Index: 439)


Scientific Names used to access collection records



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Common Names




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Family Names