Annual climbing or trailing herb , up to 1 . 5 m long . Stems prostrate or scandent , up to 1 . 5 m or more , finely rather sparsely crispate-pubescent . Leaves Leaf-blade broadly ovate to circular in outline , cordate , usually somewhat pubescent , palmately 3–5-lobed to about the middle or beyond ; tendrils simple . Inflorescence monoecious , solitary . Flowers yellow , (sometimes white) with a dark centre ; male flowers solitary ; female flowers solitary . Fruit orange-yellow , beaked , warty and poisonous but the red jelly covering the seeds is edible , dehiscent into 3 valves . Seeds sheathed in bright red pulp , ovate-oblong . (Ref . POWO ; 2022) .
No Data
Not Evaluated (NE)
Not common
الوصف غير متاح حاليًا
Momordica garipensis E.Mey.
Momordica huberi Tod.
Momordica involucrata E.Mey. ex Sond.
Momordica schinzii Cogn. ex Schinz
Nevrosperma cuspidata Raf.
No data
maintenanceAr.Item1
African Cucumber, Balsam Apple, Balsam Pear, Balsamina
Southern Balsam Pear
The red ripen fruit is edible. (Ref. Oman Botanic Garden).
*https://en.wikipedia.org *https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org *https://pza.sanbi.org *Miller, A., Morris, M. (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the Southern Region of Oman: Traditional, Economic, and Medicinal Uses. Published by Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman; ISBN 10: 0715708082 ISSN 13: 9780715708088. *Hammer, K. Gebauer, J. Al Khanjari, S. Buerkert, A. (2009). Oman at the cross-roads of inter-regional exchange of cultivated plants. Gene Resour Crop Evol (2009) 56:547-560. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008. DOI 10.1007/s10722-008-9385-z. *Patzelt, A. Pysek, P. Pergl, J. Van Kleunen, M. (2022). Alien flora of Oman: invasion status, taxonomic composition, habitats, origin, and pathways of introduction. Doi.org/10.1007/s10530-021-02711-4. *POWO (2023). ""Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet; http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
