Plant Details

Accepted name:: Momordica foetida Schumach. [Cucurbitaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
umwishywa	Other	Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, plant without roots		Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cucumis cordifolius E.Mey. ex Sond. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 2: 492 (1862), not validly publ.
Momordica cordifolia Sond. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 2: 492 (1862).
Momordica cucullata Hook.f. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 538 (1871).
Momordica foetida var. villosa Cogn. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 208 (1895).
Momordica mannii Hook.f. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 539 (1871).
Momordica morkorra A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 1: 292 (1848).
Momordica schimperiana Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 5: 23 (1866).
Momordica vogelii Planch. ex Benth. in W.J.Hooker, Niger Fl.: 369 (1849).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Momordica foetida	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Momordica foetida Schum.	Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015)
Momordica foetida Schum. & Thonn.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Momordica foetida Schumach.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Momordica foetida Schumann et Sond.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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