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Momordica (momordi, from mordeo, to bite, since the seeds appear to have been ' bitten). Cucurbitaceae. Annual or perennial tendril-climbing herbs of tropical countries, some of which are cultivated for ornament and also for the edible fruits.
Annual or perennial: fls. monoecious or dioecious, the staminate solitary or panicled, the pistillate solitary; corolla and calyx similar in sterile and fertile fls.; corolla-segms. 5, often extending nearly to the base, making a rotate or broadly campanulate fl.; stamens usually 3. the short filaments free, one of the anthers 1-loculed and the others 2-loculed; style single and long, with 3 stigmas: fr. oblong or nearly spherical, small, often rough, usually many-seeded, sometimes splitting into 3 valves, but usually indehiscent; seeds usually flattened, often oddly marked or sculptured: tendrils simple, in this distinguished from Luffa.— Species about 35, chiefly in Trop. Afr. also Trop. Asia. Two momordicas (M. Charantia and M. Balsamina) are known to American gardens as ornamental vines, but the frs. of M. Charantia are eaten by the American Chinese. They are tender annuals and thrive where cucumbers and gourds will grow. They are excellent in the S. for covering porches and arbors. M. Elaterium of the catalogues is Ecballium, which see.
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==Cultivation==
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
==Varieties==
==Gallery==
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
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Momordica (momordi, from mordeo, to bite, since the seeds appear to have been ' bitten). Cucurbitaceae. Annual or perennial tendril-climbing herbs of tropical countries, some of which are cultivated for ornament and also for the edible fruits.
Annual or perennial: fls. monoecious or dioecious, the staminate solitary or panicled, the pistillate solitary; corolla and calyx similar in sterile and fertile fls.; corolla-segms. 5, often extending nearly to the base, making a rotate or broadly campanulate fl.; stamens usually 3. the short filaments free, one of the anthers 1-loculed and the others 2-loculed; style single and long, with 3 stigmas: fr. oblong or nearly spherical, small, often rough, usually many-seeded, sometimes splitting into 3 valves, but usually indehiscent; seeds usually flattened, often oddly marked or sculptured: tendrils simple, in this distinguished from Luffa.— Species about 35, chiefly in Trop. Afr. also Trop. Asia. Two momordicas (M. Charantia and M. Balsamina) are known to American gardens as ornamental vines, but the frs. of M. Charantia are eaten by the American Chinese. They are tender annuals and thrive where cucumbers and gourds will grow. They are excellent in the S. for covering porches and arbors. M. Elaterium of the catalogues is Ecballium, which see.
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==Cultivation==
===Propagation===
===Pests and diseases===
==Varieties==
==Gallery==
<gallery perrow=5>
Image:Upload.png| photo 1
Image:Upload.png| photo 2
Image:Upload.png| photo 3
</gallery>
==References==
<references/>
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
<!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 -->
<!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 -->
==External links==
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