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

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

1772

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

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

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