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    Species Accepted

    Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.

    Luffa Sponge

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Recorded as introduced in 38 countries or islands

      38 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      ArgentinaNo
      BurundiNo
      BrazilNo
      BelizeNo
      Congo, The Democratic Republic of theNo
      Costa RicaNo
      CuraçaoYes
      EcuadorNo
      EcuadorNoUnknown
      EcuadorNo

      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      47 results
      Blustru Indonesian
      Bucha Portuguese
      Bucha-vegetal Portuguese
      Courge éponge French
      Esponja
      Estropajo
      Luffa Sponge English
      Musú Spanish
      Native Towel-gourd English
      Patola Tagalog

      Treatments

      4 results

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      36 results
      Miq. (1855). Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 667 (1855).
      Gray, A. (1854). U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 15(1): 644 (1854).
      Bailey, F. M. (1890). Syn. Queensl. Fl., Suppl. 3: 29 (1890).
      de Wilde, W. J., & Duyfjes. (2008). Sandakania 17: 70 (2008).
      Vell. (1825). Fl. Flumin. 10: t. 97 (1825 publ. 1829).
      Buch.-Ham. ex G.Don. (1834). Gen. Hist. 3: 29 (1834).
      Koch, K. (1857). Berliner Allg. Gartenzeitung 1857: 60 (1857).
      Heiser & E.E.Schill. (1988). Biotropica 20: 186 (1988).
      Cogn. (1895). Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 209 (1895).
      Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis]. 2(1): 403. 1791 [late Sep-Nov 1791]

      Citation

      Luffa aegyptiaca Mill. in undefined