Momordica charantia
speciesAt a glance
Sources18 archives
Databases and archives Momordica charantia's data was compiled from.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility20 730 records↗
OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System22 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI49 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics48 specimens↗
FooDBThe Metabolomics Innovation Centrecompounds↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
giftgenome & karyotype
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
Tree of SexTree of Sex Consortiumgenome & karyotype↗
Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Momordica charantia, le Momordique, la margose, le melon amer, le concombre amer, le maroka... est une espèce de plantes à fleurs de la famille des Cucurbitaceae. C'est une plante potagère grimpante cultivée, en annuelle, dans les climats chauds ou tempérés. Le terme « margose » désigne la plante et le fruit ; la plante est parfois nommée margosier qui désigne en créole de l'océan Indien le Mélia. Le fruit, la feuille et les graines sont comestibles et amers. Cette amertume provient des momordicines, substances proches de la quinine. La margose est connue pour ses qualités culinaires et pour ses propriétés thérapeutiques en médecine traditionnelle, notamment dans le traitement du diabète et de certains cancers. Elle contribue également à développer une meilleure tolérance au glucose et réduire le cholestérol. Au Japon, ce légume est considéré comme favorisant la longévité.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology24
Life cycle & reproduction11
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment15
Physiology & chemistry1
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Momordica charantia across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds5 942 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| alpha-Eleostearic acid | 11,815.1 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| Sugars | 4,000 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| Elaidic acid | 3,947.8 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| Nitrogen | 3,380 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| Retinol | 2,416 IU | FooDB | |
| Potassium | 2,385 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| (Z,Z)-9,12-Octadecadienoic acid | 1,948.1 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| L-Ascorbic acid | 1,850.85 mg/100g | FooDB |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Momordica charantia has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
Besides the big genome in the nucleus, cells carry a small, circular loop of DNA inside the cell's energy factories — the mitochondria. It is inherited almost only from the mother and is a leftover from ancient bacteria that moved into the cell. The mitochondrial markers above (ND*, COX, CYTB…) are read from exactly this loop. Outer ring = one strand, inner ring = the other.
The complete instruction manual Momordica charantia carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 2229×GoaT · Tree of Sex Database · GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl +8
2n 111×CCDB · book-ipcn73-74
2n 331×CCDB · book-indian_vol1
n 1110×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn72 · CCDB · book-ipcn75-78 +3
diploid2×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · GIFT · GIFT (floras)
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Record type20 752 records
Origin
Range
Depth
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions169 of 392 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Durango, MX | 545 |
| Saint Louis, US | 483 |
| Mexico City, MX | 245 |
| Kew, GB | 129 |
| Bronx, US | 124 |
| Tampa, US | 118 |
| Mérida, MX | 117 |
| Chicago, US | 86 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 81 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 77 |
| UNIVASFlocation not on record | 76 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 71 |
| Brisbane, AU | 70 |
| Paris, FR | 67 |
| Universidad de Antioquia (UdeA)location not on record | 50 |
| Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record | 49 |
| LSF/FSA/UAClocation not on record | 48 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 46 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 46 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 44 |
| Austin, US | 44 |
| Laboratorio de Ictiologialocation not on record | 40 |
| Leiden University Medical Centerlocation not on record | 40 |
| Universidade Federal do Vale do São Franciscolocation not on record | 40 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 39 |
| Yaoundé, CM | 36 |
| Masindi, UG | 34 |
| Smithfield, AU | 33 |
| Culiacán, MX | 33 |
| Miami, US | 32 |
| Beijing, CN | 31 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 31 |
| Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record | 30 |
| UFMSlocation not on record | 30 |
| UFRPElocation not on record | 30 |
| Riverside, US | 29 |
| Xiamen, CN | 28 |
| Salvador, BR | 27 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 26 |
| UFPElocation not on record | 26 |
| Universidad del Quindío (UniQuindío)location not on record | 25 |
| UEMlocation not on record | 25 |
| HNBlocation not on record | 24 |
| Feira de Santana, BR | 24 |
| Chapingo, MX | 23 |
| Sociedad para el Estudio de los Recursos Bióticos de Oaxaca, A. C.location not on record | 23 |
| Tapachula, MX | 23 |
| Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record | 22 |
| Canberra, AU | 22 |
| Puerto Ayora, EC | 21 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 21 |
| UTFPR-CPlocation not on record | 21 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 21 |
| Mexico City, MX | 21 |
| Taipei, TW | 21 |
| Mérida, MX | 20 |
| Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX | 20 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 19 |
| Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record | 19 |
| Berlin, DE | 19 |
| Altos de Pipe, VE | 18 |
| LBVlocation not on record | 18 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 18 |
| Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record | 18 |
| León, NI | 17 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 16 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 16 |
| Campo Mourão, BR | 16 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 16 |
| St. Augustine, TT | 16 |
| UFERSAlocation not on record | 15 |
| Pretoria, ZA | 15 |
| South Kensington, GB | 15 |
| Guilin, CN | 14 |
| WAGlocation not on record | 14 |
| San José, CR | 14 |
| Paleontological Collectionlocation not on record | 14 |
| Instituto Amazónico de Investigaciones Científicas - SINCHIlocation not on record | 14 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 14 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | 13 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 13 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 13 |
| Embrapa Agrobiology Diazothrophic Microbial Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 13 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 13 |
| Montecillo, Texcoco, MX | 13 |
| Palmerston, AU | 13 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 13 |
| Empresa Pernambucana de Pesquisa Agropecuária, IPAlocation not on record | 12 |
| Plocation not on record | 12 |
| Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record | 12 |
| Cenargenlocation not on record | 12 |
| Taipei, TW | 12 |
| Herbier National du Gabonlocation not on record | 12 |
| Jardín Botánico de Cartagena "Guillermo Piñeres" (JBC)location not on record | 12 |
| UEMAlocation not on record | 11 |
| University of Papua New Guinealocation not on record | 11 |
| Zapopan, MX | 11 |
| Guatemala, GT | 11 |
| INBIOlocation not on record | 11 |
| Dresden, DE | 11 |
| Brasília, BR | 11 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 10 |
| Austin, US | 10 |
| HUAlocation not on record | 10 |
| Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record | 10 |
| Blumenau, BR | 10 |
| Taipei, TW | 10 |
| UNESP-ISlocation not on record | 10 |
| Maringá, BR | 10 |
| San Francisco de Campeche, MX | 10 |
| 河南豫北黄河故道湿地鸟类国家级自然保护区location not on record | 10 |
| Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX | 10 |
| Corrientes, AR | 10 |
| San Diego, US | 9 |
| Honolulu, US | 9 |
| UESBlocation not on record | 9 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 9 |
| Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record | 9 |
| Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (PUJ)location not on record | 9 |
| Kunming, CN | 8 |
| Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)location not on record | 8 |
| Seoul, KR | 8 |
| ESALQlocation not on record | 8 |
| Durham, US | 8 |
| UNESP-RClocation not on record | 8 |
| USP-IBlocation not on record | 8 |
| Foz do Iguaçu, BR | 8 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 8 |
| Aarhus, DK | 8 |
| Universidad Tecnológica del Chocó (UTCH)location not on record | 8 |
| Universidade Federal do Maranhãolocation not on record | 8 |
| MAlocation not on record | 8 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 8 |
| Auckland, NZ | 7 |
| Fortaleza, BR | 7 |
| UNEMATlocation not on record | 7 |
| UEPAlocation not on record | 7 |
| Ilhéus, BR | 7 |
| EL PASO, US | 6 |
| Cambridge, US | 6 |
| UNESP-FCAlocation not on record | 6 |
| Strecker Museum, Baylor Universitylocation not on record | 6 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 6 |
| IECOSlocation not on record | 6 |
| CPATSAlocation not on record | 6 |
| UFOPlocation not on record | 6 |
| INMAlocation not on record | 6 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 6 |
| FUNEDlocation not on record | 6 |
| Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Tropico Umidolocation not on record | 6 |
| CEPLAClocation not on record | 6 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk, UA | 6 |
| BMlocation not on record | 6 |
| UTFPR-SLlocation not on record | 5 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 5 |
| San Isidro, AR | 5 |
| Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeirolocation not on record | 5 |
| Museo universitario di Chietilocation not on record | 5 |
| UNESP-IBILCElocation not on record | 5 |
| HUENFlocation not on record | 5 |
| 云南省思茅市民族传统医药研究所location not on record | 5 |
| Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record | 5 |
| Wuhan, CN | 5 |
| Parc Botanique et Zoologique de Tsimbazaza (PBZT)location not on record | 5 |
| UFESlocation not on record | 5 |
| Philadelphia, US | 5 |
| Pondicherry, IN | 5 |
| Université du Lomélocation not on record | 5 |
| Tlalnepantla, MX | 5 |
| Wuhan, CN | 5 |
| Teresina, BR | 4 |
| UFMGlocation not on record | 4 |
| Nanjing, CN | 4 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 4 |
| Uberlândia, BR | 4 |
| Nanjing, CN | 4 |
| HACAMlocation not on record | 4 |
| Elocation not on record | 4 |
| QCNElocation not on record | 4 |
| La Paz, MX | 4 |
| Chicago, US | 4 |
| Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldilocation not on record | 4 |
| UNESP-FCAVlocation not on record | 4 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 4 |
| UFSClocation not on record | 4 |
| Brasília, BR | 4 |
| URCAlocation not on record | 4 |
| Yangling, CN | 4 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 4 |
| Armidale, AU | 4 |
| Sanda, JP | 4 |
| Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicachlocation not on record | 4 |
| Santiago de Cali, CO | 4 |
| Loja, EC | 4 |
| Autlán de Navarro, MX | 4 |
| Federal University of Espírito Santolocation not on record | 4 |
| Córdoba, AR | 4 |
| Santa Teresa, BR | 4 |
| Vancouver, CA | 3 |
| Hangzhou, CN | 3 |
| Zhejiang Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 3 |
| IPA/SPlocation not on record | 3 |
| Department of Botany Herbarium Ahmadu Bello University, Zarialocation not on record | 3 |
| New Haven, US | 3 |
| CNF-UFHBlocation not on record | 3 |
| Seropédica, BR | 3 |
| LDlocation not on record | 3 |
| Bloomington, US | 3 |
| Uppsala, SE | 3 |
| UFPIlocation not on record | 3 |
| UFSCarlocation not on record | 3 |
| Minia, EG | 3 |
| UTFPR-DVlocation not on record | 3 |
| Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record | 3 |
| UFRRJlocation not on record | 3 |
| UFVJMlocation not on record | 3 |
| Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropicallocation not on record | 3 |
| Wuzhou, CN | 3 |
| 黔东南州民族医药研究所标本室location not on record | 3 |
| IPHAMETRAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Centre Suisse de Recherches Scientifiques en Côte d’Ivoirelocation not on record | 3 |
| Adelaide, AU | 3 |
| La Paz, BO | 3 |
| Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Universidad de Nariño (UdeNar)location not on record | 3 |
| Stockholm, SE | 3 |
| Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chilelocation not on record | 3 |
| NAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Area de Conservacion Guanacastelocation not on record | 2 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Jataí / Setor Industrial, BR | 2 |
| Universiti Sains Malaysialocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidade Federal de Santa Catarinalocation not on record | 2 |
| Wlocation not on record | 2 |
| UFABClocation not on record | 2 |
| Bangkok, TH | 2 |
| Mexico City, MX | 2 |
| TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record | 2 |
| Port Elizabeth Museum (Bayworld)location not on record | 2 |
| Chiba, JP | 2 |
| Centre National de Floristique - Université Félix HOUPHOUËT-BOIGNYlocation not on record | 2 |
| Clemson, US | 2 |
| HUT Culture Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| CASlocation not on record | 2 |
| Castelar, AR | 2 |
| Mlocation not on record | 2 |
| València, ES | 2 |
| Sucre, BO | 2 |
| PUC-RSlocation not on record | 2 |
| Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Moreloslocation not on record | 2 |
| Corporación Autónoma Regional Para la Defensa de la Meseta de Bucaramanga (CDMB)location not on record | 2 |
| Tuscaloosa, US | 2 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 2 |
| Logan, US | 2 |
| N.I.Vavilov Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR)location not on record | 2 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 2 |
| Kensington, AU | 2 |
| Toronto, CA | 2 |
| San Francisco, US | 2 |
| Institut fur Allgemeine Mikrobiologielocation not on record | 2 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 2 |
| James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record | 2 |
| Nishihara, JP | 2 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 2 |
| Brussels, BE | 2 |
| MSB-3054location not on record | 2 |
| Station d'Ecologie de Lamtolocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campus do Pantanallocation not on record | 2 |
| Cambridge, US | 2 |
| Quito, EC | 2 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 2 |
| Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique / Institut de l'environnement et de recherches agricoleslocation not on record | 2 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Juriquilla, MX | 2 |
| Guiyang, CN | 2 |
| WNNUlocation not on record | 2 |
| National Museums of Kenyalocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paranálocation not on record | 2 |
| Instituto para la Investigación y la Preservación del Patrimonio Cultural y Natural del Valle del Cauca - INCIVAlocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidade Federale do Rio Grande do Sullocation not on record | 2 |
| Londrina, BR | 2 |
| Universidade Federal de Goiáslocation not on record | 2 |
| Mexico City, MX | 2 |
| Riobamba, EC | 2 |
| Bogotá, D.C., CO | 2 |
| Mazatlán, MX | 2 |
| Dehra Dun, IN | 2 |
| LSFlocation not on record | 1 |
| Río Palenque Science Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| LISClocation not on record | 1 |
| INTAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Madison, US | 1 |
| Universidad de Guayaquillocation not on record | 1 |
| Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| South China Normal Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| FLASlocation not on record | 1 |
| MEDELlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tomioka, JP | 1 |
| Managua, NI | 1 |
| MAPRlocation not on record | 1 |
| Cochabamba, BO | 1 |
| Iquitos, PE | 1 |
| Calabar, NG | 1 |
| UFPRlocation not on record | 1 |
| Dover, US | 1 |
| REALlocation not on record | 1 |
| UC_PESHlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidade de São Paulolocation not on record | 1 |
| UERJlocation not on record | 1 |
| UNESP, Campus São José Rio Prêtolocation not on record | 1 |
| Fort Worth, US | 1 |
| The University and Jepson Herbarialocation not on record | 1 |
| Gump Stationlocation not on record | 1 |
| Department of Plant Resources, National Herbarium and Plant Laboratorieslocation not on record | 1 |
| College Park, US | 1 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Kochi, JP | 1 |
| Salamanca, ES | 1 |
| Universidad Católica de Oriente (UCO)location not on record | 1 |
| TNMlocation not on record | 1 |
| AMDlocation not on record | 1 |
| Centro Cultural Santo Domingolocation not on record | 1 |
| Centro de Estudios y Colecciones Biológicas para la Conservaciónlocation not on record | 1 |
| Institut de Recherche Agronomique de Guinée (IRAG)location not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional Agrarialocation not on record | 1 |
| Ojo, NG | 1 |
| Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Laboratory, Gorongosa NPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Gujarat Biodiversity Gene Banklocation not on record | 1 |
| Durban, ZA | 1 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 1 |
| Fredericksburg, US | 1 |
| UNESClocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreallocation not on record | 1 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 1 |
| Dekalb, US | 1 |
| Whitehorse, CA | 1 |
| UFAClocation not on record | 1 |
| National Herbarium of São Tomé and Principelocation not on record | 1 |
| South African National Biodiversity Institutelocation not on record | 1 |
| KR | 1 |
| UEGlocation not on record | 1 |
| FJIDClocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia (UPTC)location not on record | 1 |
| Institute for Agricultural Research of Mozambiquelocation not on record | 1 |
| Sangmiung Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Ural Federal University "B. N. Yeltsin"location not on record | 1 |
| Millersville, US | 1 |
| Nnamdi Azikiwe University Herbarium (NAUH)location not on record | 1 |
| Rishon Le Zion, IL | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduraslocation not on record | 1 |
| HEMlocation not on record | 1 |
| EFGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad del Tolima (UT)location not on record | 1 |
| Guatemala City, GT | 1 |
| Universidad de Córdoba (UC)location not on record | 1 |
| Chadron, US | 1 |
| SIHUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Whitewater, US | 1 |
| ESP026location not on record | 1 |
| US | 1 |
| Tempe, US | 1 |
| Tamil Nadu Agricultural Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Sociedad Para el Estudio de los Recursos Bioticos de Oaxacalocation not on record | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| NO DISPONIBLElocation not on record | 1 |
| Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record | 1 |
| Xian, CN | 1 |
| Centre National des Semences Forestièreslocation not on record | 1 |
| BRLUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de los Llanos (UniLlanos)location not on record | 1 |
| Limbe Botanical & Zoological Gardenslocation not on record | 1 |
| Lanzhou, CN | 1 |
| Awka, NG | 1 |
| Hanshan Normal Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Jiujiang Forestry Institutelocation not on record | 1 |
| Chicago, US | 1 |
| Collection of Microorganisms Producing Antibioticslocation not on record | 1 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 1 |
| Coimbra, PT | 1 |
| Monastir, TN | 1 |
| Museo de Historia Natural de El Salvadorlocation not on record | 1 |
| UTPLlocation not on record | 1 |
| Laboratory of Palaeontologylocation not on record | 1 |
| San Luis Potosí, MX | 1 |
| CMULlocation not on record | 1 |
| Campo Grande, BR | 1 |
| OTSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Museum of Zoologylocation not on record | 1 |
| Flagstaff, US | 1 |
| Fundación Estación Biológica Guayacanallocation not on record | 1 |
| Post Graduate College Bannulocation not on record | 1 |
| Université National du Béninlocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Momordica charantia was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.