Details of record no: 93782

Momordica balsamina L.

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Date: 23 Apr 1994
Recorder(s):GL Maggs
L Guarino
Collector(s):GL Maggs
1045
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Herbarium:WIND
Habitat:
Location: Caprivi: East Caprivi: (Site 6) 13,5 km from turn-off to Lianshulu (D3511) from main tarred road between Katima - Kongola (B8).
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Planted code: Not planted
Country: Namibia (Caprivi Strip)
Quarter Degree Square: 1723C4
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FZ Divisions (Flora Zambesiaca):
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Altitude (metres): 0
Notes: Climber; Notes: Also seen: Acanthosicyos naudinianus, Citrullus lanatus. Growing in Terminalia sericea wooded grassland with Aristida meridionalis, Sporobolus sp, dominants. Soil pH8. Annual climber on Acacia shrub. Locally abundant, but only 1 individual with ripe fruit. Leaves deeply incised, foetid when crushed. Flowers with creamy-yellow petals. Fruits with acute apex, dark green with white flecks ripening to bright red. Photos. Pollinating insects collected.
Latitude, Longitude: -17.920280, 23.337500
Location Accuracy Code: 5

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Copyright: Mike Bingham, Annette Willemen, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Mark Hyde, 2011-24

Bingham, M.G., Willemen, A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. and Hyde, M.A. (2024). Flora of Zambia: Individual record no: 93782: Momordica balsamina.
https://www.zambiaflora.com/speciesdata/species-record.php?record_id=93782, retrieved 16 April 2024

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