Luffa aegyptiaca

Characteristics

Classification

Dicots

Family

CUCURBITACEAE

Genus

Luffa

Species

Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.

Common Name

VEGETABLE SPONGE; LOOFAH

Growth Habit

C Value

Plant Notes

The name Luffa cylindrica is sometimes applied to this species (Jarvis 2007).

Status

Not Native

Specimen(s)

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Supraordinal

Order

CUCURBITALES

Family

CUCURBITACEAE

Genus

Luffa

Species

Luffa aegyptiaca Mill. - VEGETABLE SPONGE; LOOFAH

LUFFA AEGYPTIACA Miller, Gard. Dict., ed. 8. 1768.

Basionym

Momordica luffa Linnaeus 1753.

Type

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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