Luffa cylindrica (L.) M.Roem.
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- M. Roem. (1846). In: Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 63.
Classification
- kingdom
- Plantae
- phylum
- Tracheophyta
- class
- Magnoliopsida
- order
- Cucurbitales
- family
- Cucurbitaceae
- genus
- Luffa
- species
- Luffa aegyptiaca
native range
Asia
life form
Climber
Historia y usos
A nivel medicinal, se reportan usos para un amplio espectro de malestares que incluyen mordeduras de serpiente, tetano y fiebre entre otros. Uso comun en como esponja de baño.
Nativa de
Pantropical
Ambiente en Tropicario JBB
Plantas Útiles
Rango de distribución altitudinal
10 - 2350 msnm
Región biogeográfica
Amazonia, Andes, Llanura del Caribe, Pacífico, Valle del Magdalena
Distribución global
Nativa del Viejo Mundo, cultivada y naturalizada en los trópicos
Estatus en Colombia
Cultivada
Origen
Exótica
description
Annual, climbing herb, in disturbed sites, also cultivated. C. N.: esponja (pt). Uses: artefacts. Introduced and naturalized species, native to America.
discussion
Note: See notes by McVaugh (Fl. Novo-Galiciana 3: 587. 2001) on the correct name for this taxon.
distribution
" Habitat in Zeylona. " RCN: 7317.
materials_examined
Lectotype (Jeffrey in Kew Bull. 15: 355. 1962): Herb. Clifford: 451, Momordica 3 (BM- 000647446).
discussion
Note: Jeffrey (in Kew Bull. 15: 355. 1962) stated that the type was apparently a cultivated plant but that no specimen had been traced. Keraudren-Aymonin (in Adansonia, ser. 2, 8: 399. 1968) indicated a LINN sheet, annotated as " M. luffa " (so presumably 1150.6), as the holotype but this is original material for M. luffa L. rather than M. cylindrica. Wunderlin (in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65: 329. 1978) indicated 1150.9 (LINN), which he had seen only via a fiche image, as the type. This appears to be original material for the name but seems to be identifiable as Cucumis melo L. Jeffrey (in Kew Bull. 34: 791. 1980) subsequently indicated a Hermann description as the lectotype but this is contrary to Art. 8.1. Depending on the identity of 1150.9 (LINN), and whether it conflicts with the protologue, there may be a need to propose M. cylindrica for conservation with a conserved type if it is to continue to be used in its current sense.
distribution
" Habitat in Zeylona, China. " RCN: 7318.
materials_examined
Lectotype (Wunderlin in Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 65: 329. 1978): Herb. Linn. No. 1150.9 (LINN).
Name
- Homonyms
- Luffa cylindrica (L.) M.Roem.
- Luffa cylindrica (L.) M.Roem.
- Common names
- Dodoki m'raba rirana in language.
- Madadoki rirarirana in language.
- bucha in ポルトガル語
- esfregão in ポルトガル語
- esukoli in language.
- kidendaba in ルバ・カタンガ語
- musukula mpampa in language.
- ndombo in language.
- soowa in language.
- ’ua roro, horoi ’äu’a, pupuru in language.
- 수세미오이 in language.
- Sèrbètè di Pober in language.
Bibliographic References
- Bernal, R., S.R. Gradstein & Celis, M. (eds.). (2015). Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, D.C. Disponible en http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds., 2015: null. Flora of North America North of Mexico, vol. 6: Magnoliophyta: Cucurbitaceae to Droseraceae. 496.
- Partap, S., A. Kumar, N. K. Sharma & K. K. Jha. 2012. Luffa Cylindrica: An important medicinal plant. Journal of Natural Product and Plant Resources, 2(1), 127-134.