253.0000
Family
Cucurbitaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl.: 393 (1789), nom. cons.
ca. 100 genera, ca. 1050 spp. Phylogeny: Schaefer & Renner (2011)
Species listed in database: 1083; hybrids: 3
= Bryoniaceae G.Mey.; Chloris Han.: 6, 112 (1836)
= Cyclantheraceae Lilja; Skånes Fl., ed. 2: 716, 980 (1870)
= Nhandirobaceae T.Lestib.; Botanogr. Elém.: 515 (1826)
= Zanoniaceae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl.: 28, 29 (1829)
253.0801
Genus
Momordica L.; Sp. Pl. 1009 (1753)
Distribution: Tropical and subtropical Old World
Species listed in database: 51; hybrids: 1
= Amordica Neck.; Elem. Bot. 1: 241 (1790), opus utique oppr.
= Calpidosicyos Harms; Notizbl. Bot. Garr. Berlin 8: 480 (1923)
= Dimorphochlamys Hook.f.; Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. 1: 827 (1867)
= Eulenburgia Pax; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 39: 654 (1907)
= Muricia Lour.; Fl. Cochinch. 596 (1790)
= Nevrosperma Raf.; Am. Monthly Mag. 40 (1818)
= Raphanistrocarpus (Baill.) Pax; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] IV, 5: 25 (1889)
= Raphanocarpus Hook.f.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 11: t. 1084 (1871)
= Zucca Comm. ex Juss.; Gen. 398 (1789)
species :
Momordica angolensis
R.Fern.; Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 33: 190 (1959)
Distribution: Angola
26 ANG
species :
Momordica angustisepala
Harms; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 58: 239 (1923)
Distribution: Ghana; Benin; Cameroon
22 BEN GHA 23 CMN
Synonyms: hidden
= Momordica bracteata Hutch. & Dalziel; Fl. W. Trop. Afr. i. 181 (1927), Hutch. & Dalziel in Kew Bull. 1928
species :
Momordica anigosantha
Hook.f.; Oliv., Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 536 (1871)
Distribution: Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Mozambique
25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MOZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Momordica amaniana Cogn.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.275.II, Heft 88 (Cucurb.-Cucumerinae): 18 (1924)
= Momordica anigosantha var. hirtella Cogn.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 208 (1895)
species :
Momordica argillicola
Thulin; Kew Bull. 64(3): 487 (2009)
Distribution: SE-Ethiopia; Somalia; Kenya
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN
species :
Momordica balsamina
L.; Sp. Pl. 1009 (1753)
Name: Southern balsampear (EN), Balsamgurke (DE)
Distribution: Germany [I]; Mauritania; Senegal; Mali; Burkina Faso; Benin; Niger; N-Nigeria; Chad; Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Djibouti; Somalia; Soqotra; Tanzania (Pemba Isl.); Zanzibar; S-Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Israel (coastal W-Israel, Rift Valley); Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, Asir); Saudi Arabia (Hejaz); Bahrain; Oman (Mascat & Oman); Yemen (Aden Desert, coastal Hadhramaut, SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen); China; Pakistan (Karachi, Sind, N. W. Frontier Prov., Pakistani Punjab); India (Gujarat, Haryana, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh); peninsular Malaysia; Christmas Isl. [Austr.]; Australia (N-Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales); Tuamotu Arch. [I] (Makatea Isl. [I]); USA [I] (Alabama [I], Florida [I], Louisiana [I], New Mexico [I], Oklahoma [I], Texas [I]); Cuba [I]; Jamaica [I]; Dominican Republic [I]; Haiti [I]; St. Barthélémy [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Martinique [I]; Peru [I]
11 ger 22 BEN BKN MLI MTN NGA NGR SEN 24 CHA DJI ERI ETH SOC SOM SUD 25 TAN 26 ANG MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT SAF SWZ 34 ISR 35 BAR OMA SAU YEM 36 CHI 40 IND PAK 42 MLY XMS 50 AUS 61 tua 74 usa 77 usa 78 usa 81 cub gdl his jam mar sba 83 per
Synonyms: hidden
= Momordica garipensis E.Mey.; Drège, Zwei Pfl. Docum. 202 (1843), nomen
= Momordica garriepensis Arn.; Hook. J. Bot. 3: 277 (1841)
= Momordica huberi Tod.; Giorn. Reale Ist. Incoragg. Agric. Sicilia, ser. 3, 1: 165 (1863)
= Momordica involucrata E.Mey. ex Sond.; Fl. Cap. [Harvey] 2: 491 (1862)
= Momordica schinzii Cogn. ex Schinz; Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. 30: 149 (1888)
= Nevrosperma cuspidata Raf.; Am. Monthly Mag. 40 (1818)
species :
Momordica boivinii
Baill.; Hist. Pl. (Baill.) 8: 407, t. 289-291 (1885)
Distribution: ?South Sudan; S-Ethiopia; S-Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; E-Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Raphanistrocarpus asperifolius Cogn.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.275.II, Heft 88 (Cucurb.-Cucumerinae): 56 (1924)
= Raphanistrocarpus boivinii (Baill.) Cogn.; Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 397 (1895)
= Raphanistrocarpus boivinii var. constrictus Zimm.; Cucurbitac. 2: 185 (1922)
= Raphanistrocarpus boivinii var. cylindricus Zimm.; Cucurbitac. 2: 185 (1922)
= Raphanocarpus asperifolius (Cogn.) Chiov.; Fl. Somala 1: 181 (1929)
= Raphanocarpus boivinii (Baill.) Chiov.; Fl. Somala, 181 (1929)
= Raphanocarpus tuberosus Dinter; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 53: 112 (1928)
species :
Momordica breteleri
H.Schaef.; Fl. Gabon 57: 76 (2021)
Distribution: Gabon
23 GAB
species :
Momordica cabrae
(Cogn.) C.Jeffrey; Kew Bull. 15: 356 (1962)
Distribution: Ivory Coast; Ghana; Benin; S-Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Cabinda; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
22 BEN GHA IVO NGA 23 BIO CAB CMN CON EQG GAB ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Dimorphochlamys cabrae Cogn.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 2, 1(1): 24 (1899)
= Dimorphochlamys crepiniana Cogn.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 2, 1(1): 25 (1899)
= Dimorphochlamys glomerata Cogn.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. v. 111 (1916)
= Dimorphochlamys mannii Hook.f.; Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. 1: 827 (1867)
species :
Momordica calantha
Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 351 (1904)
Distribution: Uganda; Kenya; NE-Tanzania
25 KEN TAN UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Momordica umbellata (Cogn.) Harms; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 58: 240 (1923), nom. illeg.
= Peponia umbellata Cogn.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 210 (1895)
= Peponium umbellatum (Cogn.) Engl.; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl], Nachtr. 1: 318 (1897)
species :
Momordica camerounensis
Keraudren; Adansonia, sér. 2, 7: 189 (1967)
Distribution: W-Cameroon
23 CMN
Conservation Status: IUCN EN (Cameroon)
species :
Momordica cardiospermoides
Klotzsch; Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 150 (1861)
Distribution: W-Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Eswatini [Swaziland]
25 TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Momordica clematidea Sond.; Fl. Cap. [Harvey] 2: 491 (1862)
species :
Momordica charantia
L.; Sp. Pl. 1009 (1753)
subspecies :
subsp. charantia
Name: Cundeamor; Wild balsam apple, Balsampear
Distribution: Cape Verde Isl. (Santo Antao Isl., Sao Vicente Isl., Ilha de Sao Nicolau, Ilha da Boa Vista, Ilha de Maio, Ilha de Sao Tiago, Fogo Isl., Ilha Brava); Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Principe Isl.; São Tomé; Annobon Isl.; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Soqotra; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia [I]; South Africa (Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal); Madagascar [I]; Mauritius [I]; La Réunion [I]; Rodrigues [I]; Seychelles [I]; Iraq (SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia); Yemen (W-Yemen, SW-Yemen); China [I]; South Korea [I]; Japan [I]; Taiwan [I]; Pakistan [I]; Bhutan; India (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Goa, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives] [I]; Maldives [I]; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl. [I]; Nicobar Isl. [I]; Myanmar; Thailand [I]; Laos [I]; Cambodia [I]; Vietnam [I]; peninsular Malaysia [I]; Singapore [I]; Sulawesi [I]; Java [I]; Lesser Sunda Isl. [I] (Bali [I]); Moluccas [I]; New Guinea [I]; Solomon Isl. [I]; Australia (NE-Queensland); New Caledonia [I]; Vanuatu [I]; Rotuma Isl. [I]; Tonga [I] (Tongatapu [I], ´Eua [I], Lifuka [I], Vava´u [I]); Niue [I]; Fiji [I]; [Western] Samoa [I] (´Upolu [I], Savai´i [I]); American Samoa [I] (Tutuila [I]); Cook Isl. [I] (Rarotonga [I], Mangaia [I], Aitutaki [I], Atiu [I], Mauke [I]); Marquesas Isl. [I] (Hiva Oa [I]); Society Isl. [I] (Tahiti [I], Moorea [I], Tahaa [I]); Palau [I] (Koror [I]); Northern Marianas [I] (Rota [I]); Guam [I]; Fed. States of Micronesia [I] (Pohnpei [I]); Hawaii [I] (Midway Isl. [I], Kauai [I], Oahu [I], Molokai [I], Lanai [I], Maui [I], Kahoolawe Isl. [I], Hawaii Isl. [I]); USA [I] (Alabama [I], Connecticut [I], Florida [I], Kentucky [I], Louisiana [I], Pennsylvania [I], Texas [I]); Mexico [I]; Belize [I]; El Salvador [I]; Honduras [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Costa Rica [I]; Panama [I]; Bahamas [I]; Turks & Caicos Isl. [I]; Cuba [I]; Jamaica [I]; Dominican Republic [I]; Haiti [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I]; St. Martin/St. Maarten [I]; St. Barthélémy [I]; Saba [I]; St. Eustatius [I]; Nevis [I]; St. Kitts [I]; Montserrat [I]; Guadeloupe [I]; Marie-Galante [I]; Dominica [I]; Martinique [I]; St. Lucia [I]; St. Vincent [I]; Grenada [I]; Barbados [I]; Tobago [I]; Trinidad [I]; Colombia [I]; Venezuela [I]; Guyana [I]; Surinam [I]; French Guiana [I]; Ecuador [I]; Galapagos [I]; Peru [I]; Bolivia [I]; Brazil [I]
21 CVI 22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR MLI NGA NGR SIE TOG 23 ANN BIO CAF CMN CON GAB PRI SAO ZAI 24 CHA ETH SOC SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 nam SAF 29 mau mdg reu rod sey 34 IRQ 35 YEM 36 chi 38 jap kor tai 40 BAN BHU IND ldv mdv pak SRL 41 and cbd lao MYA ncb tha vie 42 jaw lsi mly mol nwg sng sul 43 sol 50 AUS 60 asa fij nue nwc rot sam ton van 61 coo mrq sci 62 gum mic mrn plu 63 haw 75 usa 77 usa 78 usa 79 mex 80 blz cos els hon nic pan 81 bah bbd cub dom gdl gre his jam mar mts pue sab sba ste stk stl stm stv tci trt vir 82 clm frg guy sur ven 83 bol ecu gal per 84 bra
Synonyms: hidden
= Cucumis africanus Lindl.; B. Reg. 12: t. 980 (1826) non L.f.
= Cucumis argyi H.Lév.; Mem. Real Acad. Ci. Barcelona 12: 548 (1916)
= Cucumis intermedius M.Roem.; Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2 (Syn. Pepon.) 80 (1846)
= Momordica anthelmintica Schumach. & Thonn.; Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 423 (1827)
= Momordica charantia f. muricata (Willd.) V.P.Prasad; Fl. Kerala 2: 492 (2016)
= Momordica charantia var. longirostrata Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 438 (1881)
= Momordica charantia var. muricata (Willd.) Chakrav.; Fasc. Fl. India 11: 92 (1982)
= Momordica charantia var. pavel Crantz; Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 170 (1766)
= Momordica charantia var. pseudobalsamina Griseb.; Fl. Brit. W. I.: 287 (1860)
= Momordica charantia var. zeylanica Hitchc.; Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 89 (1893)
= Momordica chinensis Hort.; ex Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 18: 14, fig. 1 (1893)
= Momordica chinensis Spreng.; Arbor. Amaz. 18: 14, f. 4 (1893)
= Momordica cylindrica Blanco; Fl. Filip.: 769 (1837), nom. illeg.
= Momordica elegans Salisb.; Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 158 (1796)
= Momordica humilis Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6747 (1832), nomen
= Momordica indica L.; Herb. Amb. 24 (1754), Amoen. Acad. 4: 132 (1759), Merr., Interpr. Rumph. Herb. Amboin. 49, 495 (1917)
= Momordica jagorana K.Koch; Wochenschr. 1: Nachr. 44 (1858)
= Momordica martinicensis Hook.; Wiener Ill. Gart.-Zeitung 13: 473 (1888)
= Momordica muricata Willd.; Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 4: 602 (1805)
= Momordica operculata Vell.; Fl. Flum. 10: t. 92 (1829) non L.
= Momordica papillosa Peckolt ex Rosenthal; Syn. Pl. Diaphor. 678 (1862)
= Momordica roxburghiana G.Don; Gen. Syst. 3: 35 (1834)
= Momordica senegalensis Lam.; Encyc. 4: 239 (1797)
= Momordica sinensis Anon.; Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 18: 14 (1893), orth. var.
= Momordica thollonii Cogn.; Bull. Acad. Belg., ser. 3, xvi. 238 (1888)
= Momordica zeylanica Mill.; Gard. Dict. ed. VIII. n. 3 (1768)
= Sicyos fauriei H.Lév.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10(243-247): 150 (1911)
variant :
var. abbreviata
Ser.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3: 311 (1828)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia [I]; New Guinea [I]; N-Brazil (Amapa, Tocantins, Acre); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul); NE-Brazil (Maranhao, Piauí, Ceara, Rio Grande do N-Brazil, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Bahia); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Jujuy, La Rioja, Salta)
42 mly nwg 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Momordica charantia subsp. abbreviata (Ser.) Greb.; R. Mansfeld, Verz. Landwirtsch. u. Gartn. Kulturpfl., Auf. 2, ed. J. Schultze-Motel 2: 926 (1986)
= Momordica charantia f. abbreviata (Ser.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes; Sandakania 17: 73 (2008)
subspecies :
subsp. macroloba
Ach.-Dako & Blattner; Candollea 63(2): 163 (2008)
Distribution: ?Togo; Benin
22 BEN
species :
Momordica cissoides
Planch. ex Benth.; Hook. Niger Fl. 370 (1849)
Distribution: Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; SW-Chad; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Gabon; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; W-Angola
22 BEN GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE TOG 23 BIO CAF CMN GAB ZAI 24 CHA SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Momordica gracilis Cogn.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 2, 1(1): 25 (1899)
= Momordica guttata Planch. ex Benth.; Hook. Niger Fl. 371 (1849)
= Momordica maculata Planch. ex Benth.; Hook. Niger Fl. 370 (1849)
species :
Momordica clarkeana
King; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 67: 35 (1898)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Perak, Kelantan)
42 MLY
species :
Momordica cochinchinensis
(Lour.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg. 3: 14 (1826)
subspecies :
subsp. cochinchinensis
Distribution: China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Tibet; Japan [I]; Taiwan; India (Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Karnataka, Manipur, Nagaland, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Myanmar (Bago, Rakhine, Yangon); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (widespread); Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines (Luzon, Guimaras, Biliran, Camiguin, Mindanao, Panay); Java; Moluccas; New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia (Queensland); Trinidad & Tobago [I]
36 CHI TIB 38 jap TAI 40 BAN IND 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 BOR JAW MLY MOL NWG PHI SUL SUM 50 AUS 81 trt
Synonyms: hidden
= Momordica macrophylla Gage; Rec. Bot. Surv. India 3(1): 61-62 (1904)
= Momordica meloniflora Hand.-Mazz.; Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl., Anz. 58: 94 (1921)
= Momordica mixta Roxb.; Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 709 (1832)
= Momordica ovata Cogn.; Boerl. Handl. Fl. Ned. Indie 1: 2: 595 (1890)
= Momordica sphaeroidea Blanco; Fl. Filip.: 771 (1837)
= Momordica suringarii Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 434 (1881)
= Muricia cochinchinensis Lour.; Fl. Cochinch. 2: 596-597 (1790)
= Zucca commersoniana Ser.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3: 319 (1828)
subspecies :
subsp. andamanica
Kattuk., Y.C.Roy & Krishnaraj; Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 65(1): 105 (2017)
Distribution: Andaman Isl.
41 AND
species :
Momordica corymbifera
Hook.f.; Oliv., Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 539 (1871)
Distribution: Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
26 MOZ ZAM ZIM
species :
Momordica cymbalaria
Fenzl ex Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. IV. 12: 134 (1859)
Distribution: Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Uganda; NW-Kenya; N-Tanzania; India (Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu)
24 ERI ETH SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 40 IND
Synonyms: hidden
= Cucumis tuberosus (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.; Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 344 (1834)
= Kedrostis malvifolia Chiov.; Atti Soc. Nat. Modena 63: 37 (1932)
= Luffa amara Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6755 (1832), nomen
= Luffa amara Wall. ex G.Don; Gen. Hist. 3: 29 (1834), nom. illeg.
= Luffa hilapikku Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6754 (1832)
= Luffa tuberosa Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 104 (1814), nomen, Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 3: 717 (1832)
= Momordica tuberosa (Roxb.) Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 454 (1881), nom. illeg.
species :
Momordica denticulata
Miq.; Fl. Ned. Ind. 1: I. 1090 (1856)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia (Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang); Sumatra; Borneo (widespread)
42 BOR MLY SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Momordica acuminata Merr.; J. As. Soc. Mal. 1: 45 (1923)
species :
Momordica denudata
(Thwaites) C.B.Clarke; Fl. Brit. India [J. D. Hooker] 2: 618 (1879)
Distribution: S-India (Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu); Sri Lanka
40 IND SRL
Synonyms: hidden
= Momordia dioica var. denudata Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 2: 126 (1859)
species :
Momordica dioica
Roxb. ex Willd.; Sp. Pl. 4: 605 (1805)
Distribution: China (Yunnan); Pakistan (N. W. Frontier Prov., Pakistani Punjab, Rawalpindi, Dir, Swat, Hazara); Bhutan; NW-India (Poonch, Jammu & Kashmir, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal); Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Andaman Isl. (South Andamans); Myanmar; Thailand; peninsular Malaysia; Java
36 CHI 40 BAN BHU IND PAK SRL 41 AND MYA THA 42 JAW MLY
Synonyms: hidden
= Momordica dioeca Roxb.; Hort. Bengal. 70 (1814), nomen
= Momordica hamiltoniana Wall. ex G.Don; Gen. Hist. 3: 36 (1834)
= Momordica heyneana Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6744 (1831), nomen
= Momordica heyneana Wall. ex G.Don; Gen. Hist. 3: 36 (1834)
= Momordica hispida Dennst.; Schluess. Hort. Malab. 34 (1818)
= Momordica missionis Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6739 (1832)
= Momordica sicyoides Ser.; Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3: 312 (1828)
= Momordica trilobata Wight ex Steud.; Nom. ed. II. 2: 155 (1841)
= Momordica tuberosa Dennst.; Schluess. Hort. Malab. 34 (1818)
= Momordica wallichii M.Roem.; Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2 (Syn. Pepon.) 58 (1846)
= Trichosanthes russeliana Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6696 (1831), nomen
= Trichosanthes russeliana Wall. ex G.Don; Gen. Hist. 3: 39 (1834)
species :
Momordica dissecta
Baker; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 315 (1896)
Distribution: SE-Ethiopia; Somalia
24 ETH SOM
species :
Momordica enneaphylla
Cogn.; Bull. Acad. Belg., ser. 3, 16: 238 (1888)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 CMN GAB ZAI
Conservation Status: IUCN VU (Cameroon)
Synonyms: hidden
= Momordica diplotrimera Harms; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 58: 238 (1923)
species :
Momordica foetida
Schum.; Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl. 426 (1827)
Distribution: Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; São Tomé; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Rwanda; Burundi; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]
22 BEN GHA GUI IVO LBR NGA SIE TOG 23 BIO BUR CAF CMN CON GAB RWA SAO ZAI 24 ERI ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 NAM SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Cucumis cordifolius E.Mey. ex Sond.; Fl. Cap. [Harvey] 2: 492 (1862), nomen
= Momordica cordifolia E.Mey. ex Sond.; Fl. Cap. [Harvey] 2: 492 (1862)
= Momordica cucullata Hook.f.; Oliv., Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 538 (1871)
= Momordica foetida var. villosa Cogn.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 208 (1895)
= Momordica mannii Hook.f.; Oliv., Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 539 (1871)
= Momordica morkorra A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 292, t. 53 (1847)
= Momordica schimperiana Naudin; Ann. Sci. Nat. Ser. V. 5: 23 (1866)
= Momordica vogelii Planch. ex Benth.; Hook. Niger Fl. 369 (1849)
species :
Momordica friesiorum
(Harms) C.Jeffrey; Kew Bull. 15: 356 (1961 publ. 1962)
Distribution: Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania
24 ETH 25 KEN TAN UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Calpidosicyos friesiorum Harms; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 482 (1923)
= Momordica anigosantha var. trifoliolata Cogn.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 208 (1895)
species :
Momordica gilgiana
Cogn.; Bull. ard. Bot. Etat Brux. 4: 221 (1914)
Distribution: Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 BIO CMN CON GAB ZAI
Conservation Status: IUCN VU (Cameroon)
Synonyms: hidden
= Momordica cogniauxiana Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 350 (1904)
= Momordica wildemaniana Cogn.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. iv. 220 (1914)
species :
Momordica glabra
Zimm.; Cucurbitac. 2: 182 (1922)
Distribution: NE-Tanzania
25 TAN
species :
Momordica henriquesii
Cogn.; Bolet. Soc. Brot. 7: 228 (1889)
Distribution: SE-Tanzania; N-Mozambique
25 TAN 26 MOZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Momordica pycnantha Harms; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 13: 427 (1936)
species :
Momordica humilis
(Cogn.) C.Jeffrey; Kew Bull. 15: 356 (1962)
Distribution: ?D.R.Congo [Zaire]; SW-Angola; Namibia
26 ANG 27 NAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Raphanocarpus humilis Cogn. ex Schinz; Verh. Bot. Ver. Brond. 30: 149 (1888)
= Raphanocarpus welwitschii Hook.f.; Oliv., Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 541 (1871) (non Momordica welwitschii Hook.f. 1871)
species :
Momordica janarthanamii
Gosavi, Gholave, Madhav & Kambale; Nordic J. Bot. 2022(3)-e03403: 2 (2022)
Distribution: India (Maharashtra)
40 IND
species :
Momordica jeffreyana
Keraudren; Adansonia, sér. 2, 7: 187 (1967)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; W-Uganda
23 CMN CON GAB ZAI 25 UGA
Conservation Status: IUCN VU (Cameroon)
species :
Momordica kirkii
(Hook.f.) C.Jeffrey; Kew Bull. 15: 357 (1962)
Distribution: W-Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia (Caprivi Strip); Botswana
25 TAN 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM
Synonyms: hidden
= Raphanocarpus kirkii Hook.f.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. t. 1084 (1871)
species :
Momordica leiocarpa
Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 351 (1904)
Distribution: SE-Kenya; NE-Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
species :
Momordica littorea
Thulin; Nordic J. Bot. 11(4): 425 (1991)
Distribution: S-Somalia; SE-Kenya
24 SOM 25 KEN
species :
Momordica macrosperma
(Cogn.) Chiov.; Fl. Somala 1: 182 (1929)
Distribution: ?Ethiopia; S-Somalia
24 SOM
Synonyms: hidden
= Kedrostis macrosperma Cogn.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.275.I, Heft 66 (Cucurb.-Fevill.-Melothr.): 155 (1916)
= Momordica bricchettii Chiov.; Boll. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1917: 239 (1917)
species :
Momordica mossambica
H.Schaef.; Nordic J. Bot. 27(5): 360 (2009)
Distribution: NE-Mozambique
26 MOZ
species :
Momordica multiflora
Hook.f.; Oliv. et al. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 540 (1871)
Distribution: Ghana; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; N-Angola
22 GHA 23 BIO CAF CMN CON GAB ZAI 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Coccinia buettneriana Cogn.; Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique, sér. 3, 14: 351 (1887)
= Momordica cordata Cogn.; Bot. Jahrb. 21: 208 (1895)
= Momordica gabonii Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 450 (1881)
= Momordica gabonii var. lobata Harms; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.275.II, Heft 88 (Cucurb.-Cucumerinae): 45 (1924)
= Momordica laurentii De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo, Ser. V. iii. 142 (1909)
= Momordica multiflora var. albopilosa Keraudren; Adansonia, sér. 2, 7: 192 (1967)
species :
Momordica obtusisepala
Keraudren; Adansonia, sér. 2, 7: 194 (1967)
Distribution: Cameroon
23 CMN
Remarks: only known from the type
Conservation Status: IUCN CR (Cameroon)
species :
Momordica parvifolia
Cogn.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 5: 110 (1916)
Distribution: Cameroon; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; D.R.Congo [Zaire]; NW-Angola
23 CMN CON GAB ZAI 26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Momordica affinis De Wild.; Pl. Bequaert. 1: 561 (1922)
= Momordica multicrenulata Cogn.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 5: 110 (1916)
species :
Momordica peteri
Zimm.; Cucurbitac. 2: 182 (1922)
Distribution: SE-Kenya; E-Tanzania
25 KEN TAN
Synonyms: hidden
= Momordica macrocarpa Jex-Blake; (nomen)
species :
Momordica pterocarpa
Hochst. ex A.Rich.; Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 292 (1848)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Malawi
23 ZAI 24 ERI ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW
Synonyms: hidden
= Momordica bequaertii De Wild.; Pl. Bequaert. 1: 562 (1922)
= Momordica grandibracteata Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 349 (1904)
= Momordica macrantha Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 348 (1904)
= Momordica runssorica Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 349 (1904)
= Momordica rutshuruensis De Wild.; Pl. Bequaert. 1: 564 (1922)
species :
Momordica racemiflora
Cogn.; Monogr. Phan. [A.DC. & C.DC.] 3: 448 (1881)
Distribution: Sumatra
42 SUM
species :
Momordica repens
Bremek.; Ann. Transvaal Mus. 15: 261 (1933)
Distribution: Zimbabwe; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, Gauteng)
26 ZIM 27 BOT SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Momordica marlothii Harms; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 36: 269 (1934)
species :
Momordica rostrata
Zimm.; Cucurbitac. 2: 183 (1922)
Distribution: S-Ethiopia; S-Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN UGA
Synonyms: hidden
= Momordica microphylla Chiov.; Miss. Biol. Borana, Racc. Bot., Angiosp.-Gymnosp. 239 (1939)
species :
Momordica sahyadrica
Kattuk. & V.T.Antony; Nordic J. Bot. 24(5): 541 (2007)
Distribution: India (Kerala)
40 IND
species :
Momordica sessilifolia
Cogn.; Bull. Herb. Boiss. 4: 821 (1896)
Distribution: S-Ethiopia; Somalia; NE-Kenya
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Momordica stefaninii (Chiov.) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 35: Suppl., 1039 (1965)
= Momordica stefaninii var. membranosa (Chiov.) Cufod.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 35(Suppl.): 1039 (1965)
= Raphanocarpus membranosus (Chiov.) Chiov.; Fl. Somala 1: 181 (1929), pro syn.
= Raphanocarpus stefaninii Chiov.; Fl. Somala, 179 (1929)
= Raphanocarpus stefaninii var. membranosa Chiov.; Fl. Somala 1: 180 (1929)
species :
Momordica silvatica
Jongkind; Blumea 47: 343 (2002)
Distribution: Ivory Coast; Ghana
22 GHA IVO
species :
Momordica spinosa
(Gilg) Chiov.; Result. Sci. Miss. Stefan. Paoli Somal. It. 1: 82 (1916)
Distribution: S-Ethiopia; Djibouti; Somalia; Kenya
24 DJI ETH SOM 25 KEN
Synonyms: hidden
= Kedrostis brevispinosa Cogn.; Pflanzenr. [Engler] IV.275.I, Heft 66 (Cucurb.-Fevill.-Melothr.): 155 (1916)
= Kedrostis spinosa Gilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 34: 360 (1904)
= Momordica brevispinosa (Cogn.) Chiov.; Fl. Somala 1: 182 (1929)
species :
Momordica subangulata
Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 15: 928 (1826)
Distribution: China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou,Yunnan); NW-Pakistan; N-India (Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, West Bengal); Bangladesh; Myanmar; Thailand; Laos; Vietnam; peninsular Malaysia (Perak); Sumatra; Java
36 CHI 40 BAN IND PAK 41 LAO MYA THA VIE 42 JAW MLY SUM
Synonyms: hidden
= Momordica eberhardtii Gagnep.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 24(5): 375 (1918)
= Momordica laotica Gagnep.; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 24(5): 376 (1918)
= Momordica renigera Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 6743 (1831)
= Momordica renigera Wall. ex G.Don; Gen. Syst. 3: 36 (1834), descr.
= Momordica subangulata subsp. renigera (Wall. ex G.Don) W.J.de Wilde; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 87(3): 147 (2002)
species :
Momordica trifolia
L.; Herb. Amb.: 24 (1754)
Distribution: peninsular Malaysia; Java; Moluccas
42 JAW MLY MOL
Synonyms: hidden
= Anguina trifoliata (Blume) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 254 (1891)
= Involucraria trifoliata (L.) M.Roem.; Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2 (Syn. Pepon.) 99 (1846)
= Momordica rumphii W.J.de Wilde; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 87(3): 144 (2002), nom. superfl.
= Momordica trifoliata L.; Sp. Pl. ed. 2.: 1434 (1763), nom. superfl.
= Trichosanthes trifolia (L.) Merr.; Interpr. Herb. Amboin.: 494 (1917)
= Trichosanthes trifoliata (L.) Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 936 (1826)
species :
Momordica trifoliolata
Hook.f.; Oliv., Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 537 (1871)
Distribution: Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; N-Mozambique; Madagascar
24 ETH SOM 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MOZ 29 MDG
species :
Momordica welwitschii
Hook.f.; Oliv., Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 538 (1871)
Distribution: SW-Angola; Namibia
26 ANG 27 NAM
species :
Momordica ×suboica
Bharathi; Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 61(5): 876 (2014)
Distribution: India (Odisha)
40 IND
