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    Species Accepted

    Momordica balsamina L.

    African Cucumber
    EukaryotaPlantae...Momordica

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 5 countries or islands

      5 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      AustraliaNo
      CubaNo
      LibyaNo
      ChadNo
      United States of AmericaNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      30 results
      African Cucumber English
      Balsam Apple English
      Balsam Peer English
      Balsamapfel German
      Balsamgurke (DE)
      Bursting Beauty English
      Southern balsampear (EN)
      aloentjie Afrikaans
      balsam-apple English
      balsamagurk Danish

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      2 results
      Source Dataset
      Dataset

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      8 results
      Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 40 (1818).
      South African National Biodiversity Institute. 2021. Botanical Database of Southern Africa (BODATSA) [offline dataset]. http://newposa.sanbi.org [Note that these data are not available at this URL as of 2021]
      Cogn. ex Schinz. (1888). Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 30: 149 (1888).
      Tod. (1863). Giorn. Reale Ist. Incoragg. Agric. Sicilia, Ser. 3, 1: 165 (1863).
      E.Mey. ex Sond. Fl. Cap.
      E.Mey. Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Docum.
      Arn. J. Bot.
      L. (1753). Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 1009 (1753).

      Citation

      Momordica balsamina L. in undefined