Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya,
Tanzania,
Uganda
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burundi,
Cameroon,
Gabon,
Rwanda,
Zaire
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin,
Cote D'Ivoire,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Liberia,
Mali,
Nigeria,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola,
Malawi,
Mozambique,
Zambia,
Zimbabwe
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WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
Asia-Temperate
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India,
Nepal,
Pakistan,
Sri Lanka
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PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
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INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia,
Thailand,
Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia,
Malaysia,
Philippines
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia
[Queensland]
Pacific
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SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
French Polynesia
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Naturalized
Northern America
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SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Florida,
Louisiana]
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States
[Texas
(s.e.)]
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Mexico
Pacific
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NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States
[Hawaii]
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Bahamas,
Barbados,
Cayman Islands,
Cuba,
Dominica,
Dominican Republic,
Grenada,
Guadeloupe,
Haiti,
Jamaica,
Martinique,
Montserrat,
Netherlands Antilles,
Puerto Rico,
St. Kitts and Nevis,
St. Lucia,
St. Vincent and Grenadines,
Virgin Islands (British),
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
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CENTRAL AMERICA:
Belize,
Costa Rica,
El Salvador,
Guatemala,
Honduras,
Nicaragua,
Panama
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NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
French Guiana,
Guyana,
Suriname,
Venezuela
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BRAZIL:
Brazil
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia,
Ecuador,
Peru
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina,
Paraguay
- Achigan-Dako, E. et al. 2008. Phenetic analysis of wild populations of Momordica charantia L. (Cucurbitaceae) in West Africa and inference of the definition of the new subspecies macroloba Achigan-Dako & Blattner (Candollea) 63:153-167.
Check other web resources for Momordica charantia L. subsp. charantia :
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=459310. Accessed 7 junio 2026.