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Bitter Melon

Momordica charantia

Photo by Allen Hoof
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21.4498, -158.028

Field Notes

Description:

Green fruit, 18 mm diameter, 2 mm long (30 mm including "tail") with hexagonally distributed spiked ridges.

Habitat:

Suburban neighborhood on mesic, tropical, insular lowland plateau.

Notes:

Spotted in my black yard, hanging from a vine entwined in a koa (Acacia koa) tree.

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PublishedNovember 16, 2015

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