Taxon:
Momordica balsamina L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1009. 1753
Verified:
05/28/2009
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
balsam-apple – French
pomme de merveille – German
Balsamapfel – Portuguese
balsâmina-de-purga – Spanish
balsamina – Swedish
balsamgurka – Urdu (Pakistan)
jangli karela –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Yemen | Socotra | extirpated |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Namibia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Cape Province | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Free State | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | KwaZulu-Natal | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Transvaal | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Mali | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Arabian Peninsula | Yemen | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Maharashtra | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Punjab | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Rajasthan | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Uttar Pradesh | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Nepal | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | New South Wales | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Northern Territory | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | South Australia | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Western Australia | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
2 | Cultivated | Southern America | Caribbean | Martinique | | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | e. & s. |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Florida | |
4 | Naturalized | Northern America | Southeastern U.S.A. | United States | Louisiana | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Dominican Republic | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Haiti | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Tanzania
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Yemen [Socotra (extirpated)]
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [Cape Province, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Transvaal]
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mali, Nigeria, Senegal
Asia-Temperate
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India [Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh], Nepal, Pakistan
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Northern Territory]
Cultivated
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Guadeloupe, Martinique
Naturalized
Northern America
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Texas (e. & s.)]
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States [Florida, Louisiana]
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Peru
Economic Uses
Environmental
Medicines
folklore (for wounds fide Hamdard 38:91. 1995) – Vertebrate poisons
mammals (fide Pammel; Everist; Econ Pl Aust) –