Momordica balsamina - male flower
Description:
Male flower of Momordica balsamina (CUCURBITACEAE), traditional leafy vegetable in most parts of Mozambique. Bitter taste but very nutricious. Medicinal use of watery extract of leaves for malaria (prevention rather than cure) and other diseases.
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Archaeplastida (plants)
- Chloroplastida
- Streptophyta
- Embryophytes
- Tracheophyta (vascular plants)
- Spermatophytes
- Angiosperms
- Eudicots
- Superrosids
- Rosids
- Cucurbitales
- Cucurbitaceae (cucumber family)
- Momordica (momordica)
- Momordica balsamina (southern balsampear)
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