Momordica dioica

Taxonavigation

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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 dioica

Name

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Momordica dioica Roxb. ex Willd., Sp. Pl. 4(1): 605 1805.

Synonyms

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  • Bryonia grandis Wall.
  • Momordica balsamina Wall.
  • Momordica hamiltoniana Wall.
  • Momordica hamiltoniana Wall. ex G. Don
  • Momordica heyneana Wall.
  • Momordica heyneana Wall. ex G. Don
  • Momordica hispida Dennst.
  • Momordica missionis Wall.
  • Momordica sicyoides Ser.
  • Momordica trilobata Wight ex Steud.
  • Momordica tuberosa Dennst.
  • Momordica wallichii M. Roem.
  • Trichosanthes russeliana Wall.
  • Trichosanthes russeliana Wall. ex G. Don

Homonyms

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Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asie
      • Bhutan, Darjeeling, India, Pakistan (N.W.Frontier Prov., Pakistani Punjab, Rawalpindi, Dir, Swat, Hazara), Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir, Jammu), Sri Lanka, Myanmar [Burma], Java, China (Yunnan), Bangladesh, peninsular Malaysia, Andamans (South Andamans), Nepal

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

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Vernacular names

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বাংলা: কাঁকরোল
English: spiny gourd,kantola
हिन्दी: ककोड़ा
മലയാളം: എരുമപ്പാവൽ
मराठी: करटोली
नेपाली: वन करेला
русский: Момордика двудомная
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ: ᱠᱟᱪᱟᱱ
தமிழ்: தும்பை
తెలుగు: ఆగాకర
中文: 云南木鳖
 
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