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Balsam Apple

momordica balsamina

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26.2402, -80.2072

Field Notes

Description:

M. Balsamina has been used as a traditional folk medicine in many countries. Used as anti-plasmodial, shigellocidal, anti-diarrheal , antiseptic,anti-bacterial,anti-viral,antinflamatory,hypogycemic,antioxidant,analgesic and hepatoprotective agent.

Habitat:

Found cultivated throughout the drier part of tropical and sub tropical Africa, Asia and Australia

Species ID Suggestions

Balsam Apple

Momordica balsamina

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Machi
Extremely invasive plant to Florida.

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Backyard Habitats of the World
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PublishedNovember 8, 2019

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