Luffa aegyptiaca

Characteristics
Dicots
CUCURBITACEAE
Luffa
Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.
VEGETABLE SPONGE; LOOFAH
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The name Luffa cylindrica is sometimes applied to this species (Jarvis 2007).
Not Native
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Classification
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CUCURBITALES
Luffa
Luffa aegyptiaca Mill. - VEGETABLE SPONGE; LOOFAH
Citation
LUFFA AEGYPTIACA Miller, Gard. Dict., ed. 8. 1768.
Momordica luffa Linnaeus 1753.
INDIA: Without data (lectotype: LINN 1150.6). Lectotypified by C. Jeffrey, in Milne-Redhead & Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Cucurbitac. 76. 1967.
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Plant Photos
Luffa aegyptiaca - 137
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Luffa aegyptiaca - 137
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Luffa aegyptiaca - 137
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