Species profile—Momordica charantia (balsam pear)
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Cucurbitaceae → Momordica charantia (balsam pear)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Scientific name
- Momordica charantia L.
- Common name
- balsam pear
- WildNet taxon ID
- 10629
- Alternate name(s)
- balsam apple
bitter gourd
balsm pear - Conservation significant
- No
- Confidential
- No
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Environmental Weed
Other resources
The Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=10629
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
