Momordica balsaminea--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino. Whyte Thorne. 19 Mch 05. 052.jpg
Momordica balsaminea--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino. Whyte Thorne. 19 Mch 05. 051.jpg
Momordica balsaminea--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino. Whyte Thorne. 19 Mch 05. 055.jpg
Momordica balsaminea--So. Africa. Mpumalanga. Karino. Whyte Thorne. 19 Mch 05. 054.jpg
Momordica balsaminea--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Rd to Lake Sabaya Lodge. 30 Sep 03. 005.jpg
Momordica balsaminea--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Rd to Lake Sabaya Lodge. 30 Sep 03. 004.jpg
Momordica balsaminea--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Rd to Lake Sabaya Lodge. 30 Sep 03. 003.jpg
Momordica balsaminea--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Rd to Lake Sabaya Lodge. 30 Sep 03. 001.jpg
Momordica balsaminea--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Rd to Lake Sabaya Lodge. 30 Sep 03. 007.jpg
Momordica balsaminea--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Rd to Lake Sabaya Lodge. 30 Sep 03. 002.jpg
Momordica balsaminea--So. Africa. KwaZuluNatal. Rd to Lake Sabaya Lodge. 30 Sep 03. 006.jpg
Native to 33 botanical countries across Africa, Temperate Asia, and Australasia; introduced into Alabama, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, India, Leeward Is., Louisiana, Mexico Northwest, Nepal, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Puerto Rico, Texas, Tuamotu, Tunisia, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 2 occurrences across 1 country.
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 (Hibiscus Coast NU)
-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
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%
