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Wild Balsam Apple

Momordica charantia

Photo by GeorgeGaray
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28.0945, -80.6201

Field Notes

Description:

pod opens revealing bright red seeds

Notes:

Invasive

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Comments (6)
Sckel
Fruit very tasty.
Jonathan Sequeira
Momordica leaves, could be used (boiled) to wash and remove skin fungus like Pitiriasis versicolor. so it is in the list of medicinal plants......
alicelongmartin
This is Wild Balsam Apple. Momordica charantia It is the seed pod not the bloom It is in invasive plant. The seed pod does catch your eye.

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Seeds and Seed Pods
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PublishedOctober 31, 2011

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