Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
!ng!gaie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
!ng!gei	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
!ng!ngaie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
/ãaba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
african cucumber	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
aloentjie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
baad-karela	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
balsam apple	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
balsam pear	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
balsam-apple	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
balsamapfel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
balsamgurka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
balsamgurke	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
balsamina	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
balsâmina-de-purga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bara-karela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barh karelo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barh-karelo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bave	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bursting beauty	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chhochhidan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
g!obe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
garahuni	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
glòbè	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
huchhu thonde balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
húhàháròh	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ingaca	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
intshungu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
intshungwana yehlathi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jangali karelaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
jangli karela	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jangli-karela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaarchi balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kankero	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuwe-ruwe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
laloentjie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
madoda	Other	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
mampimpinyane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
masegasegane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mbaua	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mbave	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mcaca	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mmampimpinyane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mohodu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mokha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mokhaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
momordica	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
momordica balsamina	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
mucaca	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mucacana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ncaca	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ncacana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ngaka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nganga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nkaka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nku-khethoga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nyesike	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
ofifimano	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
onyati	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
parpakal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pomme de merveille	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
southern balsampear	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tsò	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umkaka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
warzengurke	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wonder-apple	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
whole plant	fresh whole plant	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
fruit, aerial parts		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
fruit		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Momordica garipensis E.Mey. in J.F.Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Dokum.: 202 (1843), not validly publ.
Momordica garriepensis Arn. J. Bot. (Hooker) 3: 277 (1841).
Momordica huberi Tod. Giorn. Reale Ist. Incoragg. Agric. Sicilia, ser. 3, 1: 165 (1863).
Momordica involucrata E.Mey. ex Sond. in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 2: 491 (1862).
Momordica schinzii Cogn. ex Schinz Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 30: 149 (1888).
Nevrosperma cuspidata Raf. Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 2: 40 (1818).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Momordica balsamina	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Momordica balsamina L.	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Momordica balsamina Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Momordica balsamina Wall.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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