Bitter Melon Botanical Art

Bitter melon
Momordica charantia

Bitter Melon Botanical Art

Illustration of Momordica charantia L. flowers, fruit and leaves

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Momordica charantia L.

Illustration of Momordica charantia L. fruit and leaves

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Momordica charantia L.

Illustration of Momordica charantia L. fruit

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Momordica charantia L.

Illustration of Momordica charantia L.

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Momordica charantia L.

Illustration of Momordica charantia L.

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Momordica charantia L.

Momordica charantia L.

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Momordica charantia L.
James Peale, Oil on canvas, circa 1820

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 Moninckx, J. Momordica charantia L. 1682-1709, Moninckx atlas, vol. 1: t. 16. Illustration contributed by the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, Public Domain, plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=133567. Accessed 3 July 2017.
Fig. ²Momordica charantia L. 1855. L. van Houtte, Flore des serres et des jardin de l’Europe, vol. 10: p. 193, t. 1047, Illustration contributed by the Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A., Public Domain, plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=52195. Accessed 3 July 2017.
Fig. ³ Momordica charantia L. Illustration contributed by the Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, Leyden, Illustration contributed by The Netherlands, Public Domain, plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=304237. Accessed 3 July 2017.
Fig.⁴Momordica charantia L. Blanco, M., Flora de Filipinas., ed. 3, t. 357 (1875), Illustration contributed by: Wikipedia, plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=62670. Accessed 29 Nov. 2017
Fig.⁵ Trevithick, W.E. Momordica charantia L. Flora of West Tropical Africa (FWTA), 2nd ed., vol. 1(1): p. 212, fig. 84 (1954), Illustration contributed by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, U.K., Public Domain, plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=286949. Accessed 11 Jan. 2018
Fig.⁶ Peale, James. Balsam Apple and Vegetables, c. 1820, Illustration contributed by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Still_Life-_Balsam_Apple_and_Vegetables_MET_DT63.jpg. Accessed 20 Jan. 2018
Fig.⁷ Everything for the garden : 1902. p. 110, Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection, Peter Henderson & Co, Illustration contributed by the Biodiversity Heritage Library, doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.66553. Accessed 18 Jan. 2018.

Published 28 Jan. 2018 KJ