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2. Momordica charantia Linnaeus, Sp. Pl.  2: 1009.  1753.  
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Balsam pear Balsam pear 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Subspecies 2 (1 in the flora): introduced; Africa. 
 
 
 
 
 
SELECTED REFERENCE Marr, K. L., X. Y. Mei, and N. Bhattarai. 2004. Allozyme, morphological and nutritional analysis bearing on the domestication of Momordica charantia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Econ. Bot. 58: 435–455. 
 
 
                        
                          
                        
                          
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