balsam apple

balsam apple (plural balsam apples)

1. Any tropical and subtropical tree of species Clusia major and Clusia rosea, native to the Americas, invasive elsewhere.
2. A vine of species Momordica balsamina, found in Africa.
3. A vine grown for its bitter, edible fruit (Momordica charantia, bitter melon).
4. A wild cucumber (Echinocystis lobata).
5. A gourd of genus Echinopepon

• (Clusia major, C. rosea): autograph tree, copey, pitch apple, Scotch attorney
• (Momordica balsamina): cundeamor, southern balsam pear, balsam pear