CHR 473896 – Momordica charantia L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 473896
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
29 September 2010
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Momordica charantia L.
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1992-09-17 (Verbatim: 17-SEP-1992)
Preferred name:
Momordica charantia L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Violales
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Momordica balsamina
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1990-08-04 (Verbatim: 4-AUG-1990)
Preferred name:
Momordica balsamina
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Rarotonga, Totoika, Research Station
Verbatim locality:
Rarotonga, Totoika, Research Station
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 3495/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
4-AUG-1990
Start date:
1990-08-04
Country:
Cook Islands
Altitudes:
from 2m
Habitat:
Around and on base of coconut tree.
Notes:
Vine forming a dense mat. Leaves very membranous. (Petals 11-13 x 6-7mm). Very common. Petals yellow, patent, 11-13 x 6-7mm, more or less oblanceolate but tapering near the acute apex, very delicate. Fruit 2.5-3cm long, very few seen, more or less obovoid, orange-yellow and warty outside, pendent, dehiscing to reveal scarlet-coated seeds.
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