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Balsam apple

Momordica balsamina

Description:

Delicate vine; small lobed leaves

Habitat:

fence beside a pasture

Notes:

http://www.floridasnature.com/vines_%20g...

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4 Comments

auntnance123
auntnance123 11 years ago

Certainly, Luis. It had me confused for a while.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Thanks Auntnance for setting the record straight.

auntnance123
auntnance123 11 years ago

Luis, I did some further reading and this plant is not the same as Momordica charantia. And is in fact poisonous.

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Yes auntnance123, it is the same spotting. It seems it has some good properties.

auntnance123
Spotted by
auntnance123

Cocoa, Florida, USA

Spotted on Jun 3, 2010
Submitted on Apr 3, 2011

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