Balsam apple (Momordica balsamina L.): flowering and fruiting twining stem with separate fruit showing enclosed seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

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[1772]
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16713i
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Balsam apple (Momordica balsamina L.): flowering and fruiting twining stem with separate fruit showing enclosed seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Leaves and stem of Momordica balsamina are used as camel fodder, the fruit is edible

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[Romae (Rome)] : [Bouchard et Gravier], [1772]

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1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 36.6 x 22.6 cm

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Momordica Zeylanica, pampinea fronde, fructu longiore. T.103. Gall. Pomme de merveille

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Wellcome Collection 16713i

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