Taxon:
Momordica dioica Roxb. ex Willd.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 4(1):605. 1805
Verified:
05/28/2009
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Chakravarty, H. L. 1982. Cucurbitaceae. Fascicles of flora of India. 11:94.
- Chakravarty, H. L. 1990. Cucurbits of India and their role in the development of vegetable crops. Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 329.
- Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
- Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
- De Wilde, W. J. J. O. & B. E. E. Duyfjes. 2002. Synopsis of Momordica (Cucurbitaceae) in SE Asia and Malesia. Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 87(3):142-144.
- Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 URL: http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
- Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
- Jeffrey, C. 1980. The Cucurbitaceae of Eastern Asia
- Kattukunnel, J. J. & V. T. Antony. 2008. Momordica sahyadrica sp. nov. (Cucurbitaceae), an endemic species of Western Ghats of India. Nordic J. Bot. 24:539-542. URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/%28ISSN%291756-1051/issues Note: mentions
- Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
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Common names
English
spine gourd – India
kaksa –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | c. & s. |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
2 | Cultivated | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
Native
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India (c. & s.), Sri Lanka, Pakistan
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | fruit | fide Biol Cucurb 330. 1990 | Chakravarty, H. L. 1990. Cucurbits of India and their role in the development of vegetable crops. Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 329. |