Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Cucurbitales
Family
Cucurbitaceae
Genus
Momordica
Specific Epithet
balsamina
Authorship
L.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 7.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.8
Global rank
#60,225 of 335,497
Top 18%
Extinction probability
10%
Location
South Africa, Mpumalanga (Whyte Thorne Private Garden)
0.579167, 9.332778
Location Remarks
Ca. 23 km E of Nelspruit, Karino Region, then S to Whyte Thorne Private Garden of Douglas McMurtry and Shane Burns.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal
-31.006667, 30.177222
Location Remarks
Umtamvuna Nature Reserve, west of Port Edward. Rock outcrop in grassland along the south rim of the gorge.
Collectors
No collectors specified