Cucurbitaceae
Momordica

Momordica cymbalaria Fenzl ex Naudin

First published in Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 12: 134 (1859)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is NE. & E. Tropical Africa, Pakistan to India. It is a climbing tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Eritrea, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Pakistan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(2): 1-456. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Jeffrey, C. (1967). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Cucurbitaceae: 1-156.
  • Mao, A.A. & Dash, S.S. (2020). Flowering Plants of India an Annotated Checklist (Dicotyledons) 1: 1-970. Botanical Survey of India.
  • Renner, S.S. & Pandey, A.K. (2013). The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences. PhytoKeys 20: 53-118.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Edwards, S., Tadesse, M. & Hedberg, I. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 2(2): 1-456. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Renner, S.S. & Pandey, A.K. (2013). The Cucurbitaceae of India: Accepted names, synonyms, geographic distribution, and information on images and DNA sequences. PhytoKeys 20: 53-118.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Malaku Wondefrash; Ermias Getachew [10195] Ethiopia K003453738 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Malaku Wondefrash; Ermias Getachew [10194] Ethiopia K003453737 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, S.; Legesse, M.; Malaku Wandefrash; Gashaw Gibre-Hiwot [8602] Ethiopia K003453739 Yes
Friis, I.; Bidgood, G.S.; Malaku Wondefrash; Ermias Getachew [10258] Ethiopia K003453736 Yes
Johnston, H.H. [s.n.] Angola K003454882 Yes
Burger, W. [2919] Ethiopia K003453740 Yes
s.coll. [1108] India Momordica tuberosa K003452679 Yes
Sudan Momordica tuberosa K:SPC-05162.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India Momordica tuberosa K003452683 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [16563] India Momordica tuberosa K003452672 Yes
s.coll. [1131] India Momordica tuberosa K003452676 Yes
van der Maesen, L.J.G. [2171] India Momordica tuberosa K003452684 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India Momordica tuberosa K003452682 Yes
s.coll. [1108] India Momordica tuberosa K004031121 Yes
Barber, C.A. [6173] India Momordica tuberosa K003452680 Yes
Heyne [s.n.] India Momordica tuberosa K003452678 Yes
s.coll. [1131] India Momordica tuberosa K003452677 Yes
Cooke, T. [1120] India Momordica tuberosa K003452673 Yes
s.coll. [1131] India Momordica tuberosa K003452675 Yes
Gamble, J.S. [20814] India Momordica tuberosa K003452674 Yes
Bashir, B. Sudan Momordica tuberosa K:SPC-06515.000 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India Momordica tuberosa K003452681 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0