Premium
A new species of Momordica (Cucurbitaceae) from tropical Africa
Author(s) -
Thulin Mats
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
nordic journal of botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.333
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1756-1051
pISSN - 0107-055X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1756-1051.1991.tb01241.x
Subject(s) - cucurbitaceae , biology , momordica , botany , traditional medicine , medicine
Momordica littorea , sp. nov., a dioecious climber with succulent 3‐foliolate leaves and conspicuously bracteate flowers from coastal regions of southern Somalia and Kenya, is described and illustrated.