Momordica charantia: common name details from PIER

Common name/Language/Location

Common name	Language	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
achoccha silvestre	Spanish	?	McMullen, C. K. (1999) (p. 309)
achocha China	Spanish	Galápagos Islands	Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)
achochilla	Spanish	Ecuador (Republic of) (continental)	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 478)
almagosa	Chamorro	Guam Island	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 566)
archucha	Spanish	Colombia (Republic of)	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 478)
atmagoso	Chamorro	Northern Mariana Islands	Falanruw, Marjorie C./Maka, Jean E./Cole, Thomas G./Whitesell, Craig D. (1990)
atmagosu	Chamorro	Guam Island	Falanruw, Marjorie C./Maka, Jean E./Cole, Thomas G./Whitesell, Craig D. (1990)
balsam apple	English	?	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 566)
balsam pear	English	?	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 572)
balsamina	Spanish	?	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 478)
balsamino	Spanish	Panama (Republic of)	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 479)
balsamito	Spanish	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
bálsamo	Spanish	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
balsamo	Spanish	El Salvador (Republic of)	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 478)
bitter cucumber	English	?	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 238)
bitter gourd	English	?	Smith, Albert C. (1981) (p. 676)
bitter melon	English	?	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 566)
calaica	Spanish	Honduras (Republic of)	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 478)
carilla gourd	English	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
cerasee bush	English	?	Cardenas, Juan/Reys, Carlos E./Doll, Jerry D./Pardo, Fernando (1972) (p. 157)
concombre africain	French	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
concombre amer	French	?	? (0)
cunde amor grande	Spanish	Mexico (United Mexican States)	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 479)
cundeamor	Spanish	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
kerala	Hindi	Fiji Islands	Smith, Albert C. (1981) (p. 676)
kerela	Hindi	Fiji Islands	Thaman, R. R./Tuiwawa, M. (1999) (p. 4)
margose	French	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
margose á piquants	French	?	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 238)
margose amère	French	?	? (0)
markoso	Palauan	Palau Islands (main island group)	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 32)
meleni ‘ae kuma	Tongan	Tonga Islands	? (0)
menemene	Maori (Cook Islands)	Aitutaki Atoll	McCormack, Gerald (2007)
momordique	French	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
momordique amère	French	?	? (0)
papayilla	Spanish	Perú (Republic of)	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 479)
paroka	Spanish	Guatemala (Republic of)	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 478)
pepinillo	Spanish	?	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 238)
pepino	Spanish	Mexico (United Mexican States)	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 479)
peria	English	?	Haselwood, E. L./Motter, G. G. (1983) (p. 378)
pō kutekute	Maori (Cook Islands)	‘Atiu Island	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 392)
pōkutekute rengarenga	Maori (Cook Islands)	‘Atiu Island	McCormack, Gerald (2007)
pomme de merveille	French	?	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 238)
sorosi	Spanish	?	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 478-479)
squirting cucumber	English	?	? (0)
vaine ‘initia	Tongan	Tonga Islands	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 260)

Language/Location/Common name

Language	Location	Common name	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
Chamorro	Guam Island	almagosa	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 566)
Chamorro	Guam Island	atmagosu	Falanruw, Marjorie C./Maka, Jean E./Cole, Thomas G./Whitesell, Craig D. (1990)
Chamorro	Northern Mariana Islands	atmagoso	Falanruw, Marjorie C./Maka, Jean E./Cole, Thomas G./Whitesell, Craig D. (1990)
English	?	balsam apple	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 566)
English	?	balsam pear	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 572)
English	?	bitter cucumber	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 238)
English	?	bitter gourd	Smith, Albert C. (1981) (p. 676)
English	?	bitter melon	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 566)
English	?	carilla gourd	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
English	?	cerasee bush	Cardenas, Juan/Reys, Carlos E./Doll, Jerry D./Pardo, Fernando (1972) (p. 157)
English	?	peria	Haselwood, E. L./Motter, G. G. (1983) (p. 378)
English	?	squirting cucumber	? (0)
French	?	concombre africain	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
French	?	concombre amer	? (0)
French	?	margose	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
French	?	margose á piquants	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 238)
French	?	margose amère	? (0)
French	?	momordique	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
French	?	momordique amère	? (0)
French	?	pomme de merveille	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 238)
Hindi	Fiji Islands	kerala	Smith, Albert C. (1981) (p. 676)
Hindi	Fiji Islands	kerela	Thaman, R. R./Tuiwawa, M. (1999) (p. 4)
Maori (Cook Islands)	Aitutaki Atoll	menemene	McCormack, Gerald (2007)
Maori (Cook Islands)	‘Atiu Island	pō kutekute	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 392)
Maori (Cook Islands)	‘Atiu Island	pōkutekute rengarenga	McCormack, Gerald (2007)
Palauan	Palau Islands (main island group)	markoso	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 32)
Spanish	?	achoccha silvestre	McMullen, C. K. (1999) (p. 309)
Spanish	?	balsamina	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 478)
Spanish	?	balsamito	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
Spanish	?	bálsamo	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
Spanish	?	cundeamor	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
Spanish	?	pepinillo	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 238)
Spanish	?	sorosi	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 478-479)
Spanish	Colombia (Republic of)	archucha	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 478)
Spanish	Ecuador (Republic of) (continental)	achochilla	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 478)
Spanish	El Salvador (Republic of)	balsamo	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 478)
Spanish	Galápagos Islands	achocha China	Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)
Spanish	Guatemala (Republic of)	paroka	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 478)
Spanish	Honduras (Republic of)	calaica	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 478)
Spanish	Mexico (United Mexican States)	cunde amor grande	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 479)
Spanish	Mexico (United Mexican States)	pepino	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 479)
Spanish	Panama (Republic of)	balsamino	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 479)
Spanish	Perú (Republic of)	papayilla	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 479)
Tongan	Tonga Islands	meleni ‘ae kuma	? (0)
Tongan	Tonga Islands	vaine ‘initia	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 260)

Location/Language/Common name

Location	Language	Common name	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
?	English	balsam apple	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 566)
?	English	balsam pear	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 572)
?	English	bitter cucumber	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 238)
?	English	bitter gourd	Smith, Albert C. (1981) (p. 676)
?	English	bitter melon	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 566)
?	English	carilla gourd	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
?	English	cerasee bush	Cardenas, Juan/Reys, Carlos E./Doll, Jerry D./Pardo, Fernando (1972) (p. 157)
?	English	peria	Haselwood, E. L./Motter, G. G. (1983) (p. 378)
?	English	squirting cucumber	? (0)
?	French	concombre africain	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
?	French	concombre amer	? (0)
?	French	margose	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
?	French	margose á piquants	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 238)
?	French	margose amère	? (0)
?	French	momordique	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
?	French	momordique amère	? (0)
?	French	pomme de merveille	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 238)
?	Spanish	achoccha silvestre	McMullen, C. K. (1999) (p. 309)
?	Spanish	balsamina	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 478)
?	Spanish	balsamito	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
?	Spanish	bálsamo	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
?	Spanish	cundeamor	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
?	Spanish	pepinillo	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 238)
?	Spanish	sorosi	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 478-479)
Aitutaki Atoll	Maori (Cook Islands)	menemene	McCormack, Gerald (2007)
‘Atiu Island	Maori (Cook Islands)	pō kutekute	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 392)
‘Atiu Island	Maori (Cook Islands)	pōkutekute rengarenga	McCormack, Gerald (2007)
Colombia (Republic of)	Spanish	archucha	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 478)
Ecuador (Republic of) (continental)	Spanish	achochilla	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 478)
El Salvador (Republic of)	Spanish	balsamo	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 478)
Fiji Islands	Hindi	kerala	Smith, Albert C. (1981) (p. 676)
Fiji Islands	Hindi	kerela	Thaman, R. R./Tuiwawa, M. (1999) (p. 4)
Galápagos Islands	Spanish	achocha China	Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)
Guam Island	Chamorro	almagosa	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 566)
Guam Island	Chamorro	atmagosu	Falanruw, Marjorie C./Maka, Jean E./Cole, Thomas G./Whitesell, Craig D. (1990)
Guatemala (Republic of)	Spanish	paroka	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 478)
Honduras (Republic of)	Spanish	calaica	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 478)
Mexico (United Mexican States)	Spanish	cunde amor grande	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 479)
Mexico (United Mexican States)	Spanish	pepino	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 479)
Northern Mariana Islands	Chamorro	atmagoso	Falanruw, Marjorie C./Maka, Jean E./Cole, Thomas G./Whitesell, Craig D. (1990)
Palau Islands (main island group)	Palauan	markoso	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 32)
Panama (Republic of)	Spanish	balsamino	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 479)
Perú (Republic of)	Spanish	papayilla	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 479)
Tonga Islands	Tongan	meleni ‘ae kuma	? (0)
Tonga Islands	Tongan	vaine ‘initia	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 260)

Language/Common name/Location

Language	Common name	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
Chamorro	almagosa	Guam Island	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 566)
Chamorro	atmagoso	Northern Mariana Islands	Falanruw, Marjorie C./Maka, Jean E./Cole, Thomas G./Whitesell, Craig D. (1990)
Chamorro	atmagosu	Guam Island	Falanruw, Marjorie C./Maka, Jean E./Cole, Thomas G./Whitesell, Craig D. (1990)
English	balsam apple	?	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 566)
English	balsam pear	?	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 572)
English	bitter cucumber	?	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 238)
English	bitter gourd	?	Smith, Albert C. (1981) (p. 676)
English	bitter melon	?	Stone, Benjamin C. (1970) (p. 566)
English	carilla gourd	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
English	cerasee bush	?	Cardenas, Juan/Reys, Carlos E./Doll, Jerry D./Pardo, Fernando (1972) (p. 157)
English	peria	?	Haselwood, E. L./Motter, G. G. (1983) (p. 378)
English	squirting cucumber	?	? (0)
French	concombre africain	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
French	concombre amer	?	? (0)
French	margose	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
French	margose á piquants	?	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 238)
French	margose amère	?	? (0)
French	momordique	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
French	momordique amère	?	? (0)
French	pomme de merveille	?	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 238)
Hindi	kerala	Fiji Islands	Smith, Albert C. (1981) (p. 676)
Hindi	kerela	Fiji Islands	Thaman, R. R./Tuiwawa, M. (1999) (p. 4)
Maori (Cook Islands)	menemene	Aitutaki Atoll	McCormack, Gerald (2007)
Maori (Cook Islands)	pō kutekute	‘Atiu Island	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 392)
Maori (Cook Islands)	pōkutekute rengarenga	‘Atiu Island	McCormack, Gerald (2007)
Palauan	markoso	Palau Islands (main island group)	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 32)
Spanish	achoccha silvestre	?	McMullen, C. K. (1999) (p. 309)
Spanish	achocha China	Galápagos Islands	Charles Darwin Research Station (2005)
Spanish	achochilla	Ecuador (Republic of) (continental)	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 478)
Spanish	archucha	Colombia (Republic of)	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 478)
Spanish	balsamina	?	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 478)
Spanish	balsamino	Panama (Republic of)	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 479)
Spanish	balsamito	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
Spanish	bálsamo	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
Spanish	balsamo	El Salvador (Republic of)	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 478)
Spanish	calaica	Honduras (Republic of)	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 478)
Spanish	cunde amor grande	Mexico (United Mexican States)	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 479)
Spanish	cundeamor	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
Spanish	papayilla	Perú (Republic of)	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 479)
Spanish	paroka	Guatemala (Republic of)	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 478)
Spanish	pepinillo	?	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 238)
Spanish	pepino	Mexico (United Mexican States)	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 479)
Spanish	sorosi	?	Holm, Leroy/Doll, Jerry/Holm, Eric/Pancho, Jaun/Herberger, James (1997) (p. 478-479)
Tongan	meleni ‘ae kuma	Tonga Islands	? (0)
Tongan	vaine ‘initia	Tonga Islands	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 260)

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