Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cucurbitales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Cucurbitaceae
Tribus: Momordiceae
Genus: Momordica
Species: Momordica charantia
Subspecies & varieties: M. ch. subsp. charantia M. ch. subsp. macroloba M. ch. var. abbreviata M. ch. var. muricata

Name

Momordica charantia L., Sp. Pl. 2: 1009. 1753. (as Charantia)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Africa
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin, Burkina, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
    • West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gulf of Guinea Is., Rwanda, Zaïre.
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad, Sudan.
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
    • Southern Africa
      • KwaZulu-Natal, Northern Provinces, Swaziland.
  • Asia-Tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • East Himalaya, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.
    • Indo-China
      • Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam.
    • Malesia
      • Borneo, Jawa, Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera.
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • Queensland.
  • Pacific
    • Southwestern Pacific
      • Fiji.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species plantarum, exhibentes plantas rite cognitas, ad genera relatas, cum differentiis specificis, nominibus trivialibus, synonymis selectis, locis natalibus, secundum systema sexuale digestas. Tomus II. Pp. 561–1200, [1–30, index], [1, err.]. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. :1009.

Additional references

  • González, J. & Poveda, L.J. 2010. Cucurbitaceae. Pp. 137–181 in Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.), Manual de plantas de Costa Rica, Vol. V, Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae–Gunneraceae). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 978-1-935641-01-8. Reference page. 
  • Kearns, D.M. 1998. Cucurbitaceae. Pp. 431–461 in Steyermark, J.A. (†), Berry, P.E. & Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 4, Caesalpiniaceae–Ericaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 0-915279-52-5. Reference page. 
  • Keraudren-Aymonin, M. 1975. Cucurbitacées. Flore du Cambodge, du Laos et du Viêt-Nam, Fasc. 15. 121 pp. Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris. PDF Reference page. 
  • Tropicos.org 2018. Momordica charantia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 02 May 2018.

Vernacular names

বাংলা: করলা
Deutsch: Bittermelone
English: bitter melon
eesti: Karella-kibekurk
suomi: Karvaskurkku
magyar: Balzsamkörte
മലയാളം: പാവൽ
српски / srpski: Горка диња / Gorka dinja
தமிழ்: பாகல்/பாகற்கொடி
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