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Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Roxb. (1832). In: Fl. Ind., Ed. 1832 3: 713-714.

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Cucurbitales
family
Cucurbitaceae
genus
Luffa
species
Luffa acutangula

Name

Synonyms
Cucumis acutangulus L.
Cucumis lineatus Bosc
Cucumis megacarpus G.Don
Cucumis operculatus Roxb.
Cucumis operculatus Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
Cucurbita acutangula (L.) Blume
Cucurbita campanulata D.Dietr.
Cucurbita umbellata J.G.Klein
Cucurbita umbellata J.G.Klein ex Willd.
Luffa acutamgula (L.) Roxb.
Luffa acutangula f. amara (Roxb.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes
Luffa acutangula var. acutangula
Luffa acutangula var. amara (Roxb.) C.B.Clarke
Luffa acutangula var. forskalii (Schweinf. ex Harms) Heiser & E.E.Schill.
Luffa amara Roxb.
Luffa cattu-picinna Ser.
Luffa drastica Mart.
Luffa fluminensis M.Roem.
Luffa fluminensis Roem.
Luffa foetida Cav.
Homonyms
Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.
Common names
Chinese Ochro in language.
Chinese Ochro in language.
Chinese Okra in English
Chinese squash in English
Chinese-okra in English
Chinese-okra in English
Dodoki m'raba in language.
Estropajo in language.
Estropajo in language.
Gambas in Indonesian
Jhingi in language.
Jhingi in language.
Luffa acutangulé in French
Luffa acutangulé, Pipangaille, Papangaye, Pipangaye in French
Madadoki rirarirana in language.
Satputia in language.
Satputia in language.
Servilleta de pobre in language.
Servilleta de pobre in language.
Sinkwa Towelsponge in English
Sinkwa towelsponge in language.
Sinkwa towelsponge in English
Sinkwa towelsponge in language.
Torchon (Trinidad & Tobago); Esponja in language.
Torchon (Trinidad & Tobago); Esponja in language.
angled loofah in English
angled loofah in English
angled luffa in language.
angled luffa in English
buap liam in Thai
dishcloth gourd in English
dishcloth gourd in English
gerippte Schwammgurke in German
gerippte Schwammgurke in German
guang dong si gua in language.
guang dong si gua in Chinese
intiansienikurkku in Finnish
ito uri in Japanese
kantgurka in Swedish
kantgurka in Swedish
ljufa in language.
ljufa in Russian
lufa hranatá in Slovak
lufa ostrohranná in Czech
mướp khía in Vietnamese
patola in Tagalog
ribbed gourd in English
ribbed gourd in language.
ribbed gourd in English
ribbed loofah in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Flora of North America Editorial Committee, eds., 2015: null. Flora of North America North of Mexico, vol. 6: Magnoliophyta: Cucurbitaceae to Droseraceae. 496.
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