Plant Details

Accepted name:: Momordica charantia subsp. charantia [Cucurbitaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Momordica charantia L.
Infraspecies:: Momordica charantia subsp. macroloba Ach.-Dako & Blattner

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
african cucumber	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kaippa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karavellam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mướp đắng	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
paval	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peria katak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
small bitter gourd	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
small bitter melon	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root, fruit		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Fruit, stem, leaf		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 27 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Momordica charantia var. muricata (Willd.) Chakrav. Fasc. Fl. India 11: 92 (1982).
Momordica indica L. Herb. Amb.: 24 (1754).
Cucumis argyi H.Lév. Mem. Real Acad. Ci. Barcelona 12(22): 8 (1916).
Cucumis intermedius M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 80 (1846).
Momordica anthelmintica Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 423 (1827).
Momordica charantia f. abbreviata (Ser.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes Fl. Thailand 9: 466 (2008).
Momordica charantia var. abbreviata Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 311 (1828).
Momordica charantia subsp. abbreviata (Ser.) Greb. in R.Mansfeld, Verz. Landwirtsch. Gärtn. Kulturpfl., ed. 2, 2: 926 (1986).
Momordica charantia var. longirostrata Cogn. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 438 (1881).
Momordica charantia f. muricata (Willd.) V.P.Prasad Fl. Kerala 2: 492 (2016).
Momordica charantia var. pavel Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 170 (1766).
Momordica charantia var. pseudobalsamina Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I.: 287 (1860).
Momordica charantia var. zeylanica Hitchc. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 4: 89 (1893).
Momordica chinensis Anon. Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 18: 14 (1893).
Momordica cylindrica Blanco Fl. Filip.: 769 (1837), sensu auct.
Momordica elegans Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 158 (1796).
Momordica humilis Wall. Numer. List: n.° 6747 (1832), not validly publ.
Momordica jagorana K.Koch Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 1(Nachtr.): 44 (1858).
Momordica martinicensis Hook. Wiener Ill. Gart.-Zeitung 13: 473 (1888).
Momordica muricata Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 602 (1805).
Momordica papillosa Peckolt ex Rosenthal Syn. Pl. Diaph.: 678 (1862).
Momordica roxburghiana G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 35 (1834).
Momordica senegalensis Lam. Encycl. 4: 239 (1797).
Momordica sinensis Anon. Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 18: 14 (1893), orth. var.
Momordica thollonii Cogn. Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Belgique, sér. 3, 16: 239 (1888).
Momordica zeylanica Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 3 (1768).
Sicyos fauriei H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 10: 150 (1911).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Momordica charantia L. subsp. charantia (Ser.) Grebensc.	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
Momordica charantia L. var. muricata (Willd.) Chakrav.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Momordica indica Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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