Balsam Apple Botanical Art

Balsam apple
Momordica balsamina L.

Balsam Apple Botanical Art

Illustration, 1796

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Momordica balsamina L.

Drawing of Momordica balsamina L.

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M. balsamina L. [as M. fructu luteo rubescente]

Drawing of Momordica balsamina L.

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Momordica balamina L.

Drawing of Momordica balsamina L.

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Momordica balsamina L. [as Momordica involucrata E. Meyer ex Sonder]

Drawing of Momordica balsamina L.

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Momordica balsamina L. [as Momordica involucrata E. Meyer ex Sonder]

Illustration of Momordica balsamina L.

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Momordica balsamina L. [as Balsam aepfel]

Everything for the garden : 1902

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Everything for the garden: 1902, Momordica, Balsam Apple and Balsam Pear
Seed Trade Catalog Collection

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Fig.¹ Momordica balsamina L., 1796, Zorn, James, Oskamp, D.L., Afbeeldingen der artseny-gewassen met derzelver Nederduitsche en Latynsche beschryvingen, vol. 1: t. 45, Public Domain, plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=150876. Accessed 13 Jan. 2018.
Fig.² Besler, Basilius. Momordica balsamina L. [as Momordica fructu luteo rubescente], Hortus Eystettensis, vol. 3: Primus ordo collectarum plantarum autumnalium, t. 324, fig. III, Teyler museum, Haarlem, Netherlands, plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=139226. Accessed 11 Jan. 2018.
Fig.³ Rafiq, M. Momordica balamina L., 1620, Flora of Pakistan, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A., (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0), tropicos.org/Image/100165266. Accessed 27 Dec. 2017.
Fig.⁴ Smith, M. Momordica balsamina L. [as Momordica involucrata E. Meyer ex Sonder]. 1887, Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, t. 6913-6972, vol. 113 [ser. 3, vol. 43]: t. 6932, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A., (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=4442. Accessed 11 Jan. 2018.
Fig.⁵Momordica balsamina L. [as Momordica involucrata E. Meyer ex Sonder], 1909-1912, Natal plants, vol. 6: t. 516, University of California Libraries, U.S.A., plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=192359. Accessed 11 Jan. 2018.
Fig. ⁶ Momordica balsamina L. [as Balsam aepfel], 1719, Viridarium reformatorum, vol. 1: p. 29, Bibliothèque de l’Université de Strasbourg, France, plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=194775. Accessed 11 Jan. 2018.
Fig. ⁷ Everything for the garden : 1902. p. 110, Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection, Peter Henderson & Co, Biodiversity Heritage Library, doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.66553. Accessed 18 Jan. 2018.

Published 28 Jan. 2018 KJ