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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Momordica charantia L.
Wild balsam-apple

Momordica charantia
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer

Family: Cucurbitaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Annual

Habit: Vine

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Not Native, Naturalized

Native Range: Old World tropics; a naturalized weed elsewhere.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Other data on Momordica charantia available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

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Momordica charantia
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer
Momordica charantia
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Momordica charantia
Copyright by: Chuck McCartney
Momordica charantia
Copyright by: Kristen Finch
Naturalized, Palm Beach County, Florida, 2013
Momordica charantia
Copyright by: Kristen Finch
Naturalized, Palm Beach County, Florida, 2013
Momordica charantia
Copyright by: Magha García Medina; Agrandar.
Momordica charantia
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Momordica charantia
Copyright by: Kristen Finch
Naturalized, Palm Beach County, Florida, 2013