Momordica charantia L.

Araújo, Diogo & Alves, Marccus, 2010, Climbing plants of a fragmented area of lowland Atlantic Forest, Igarassu, Pernambuco (northeastern Brazil), Phytotaxa 8, pp. 1-24 : 18

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.8.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4778885
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scientific name	Momordica charantia L.
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Native to Africa and widely distributed throughout the tropics ( Kearns 1998).

Selected Vouchers:—Pezinho, Marques et al. 40; Piedade, Albuquerque & Rocha 410 (IPA, ULM).

Kearns, D. M. (1998) Cucurbitaceae. In: Steyermark, J. A., Berry, P. E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B. K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana 4. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, pp. 431 - 461.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Cucurbitales
Family	Cucurbitaceae
Genus	Momordica

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