Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
enkamposhi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
king'ong'oya	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kiongoa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kunguiva	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kyongoa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
litambalanzoka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lodirin	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lyungu-lya-nzoka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
olamposhi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rukiri	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tunda nyoka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
umpha	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Momordica microphylla Chiov. Miss. Biol. Borana, Racc. Bot., Angiosp.-Gymnosp.: 239 (1939).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Momordica microphylla Chiov.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Momordica rostrata A. Zimm.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Momordica rostrata A.Zimm.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Momordica rostrata Zimm.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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