Momordica

Momordica
Bitter melon (Momordica charantia)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Cucurbitaceae
Subfamily:	Cucurbitoideae
Tribe:	Momordiceae H. Schaef. & S.S. Renner 2011
Genus:	Momordica L.
Species
See text
Synonyms
Calpidosicyos Harms Dimorphochlamys Hook.f. Dimorphoclamys Hook.f. Eulenburgia Pax Muricia Lour. Neurosperma Raf. Neurospermum Bartl., orth. var. Nevrosperma Raf., orth. var. Raphanistrocarpus (Baill.) Pax Raphanocarpus Hook.f. Zucca Comm. ex Juss.

Momordica is a genus of about 60 species of annual or perennial climbers herbaceous or rarely small shrubs belonging to the family Cucurbitaceae, natives of tropical and subtropical Africa and Asia and Australia. Most species produce floral oils^{[citation needed]} and are visited by specialist pollinators in the apid tribe Ctenoplectrini. A molecular phylogeny that includes all species is available (Schaefer and Renner, 2010).