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Gac
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Gac

Momordica cochinchinensis

Gac is a fruit produced by Momordica cochinchinensis, which is found throughout the Southeast Asian region from South China to Northeastern Australia, including Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and Vietnam.

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Gac in Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Trees

Collected Illustrations of the Three Realms: Trees

王圻, 王思義 · 1609 · p.52

Gac in Compendium of Materia Medica

Compendium of Materia Medica

李時珍 · 1596 · p.12

Gac in Illustrated Herbal Primer

Illustrated Herbal Primer

Chen Jiamo (陳嘉謨) · 1628 · p.215

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In the stacks

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Every page naming Momordica cochinchinensis in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 431329.