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Taxon:
Luffa aegyptiaca
Mill.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Luffa
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Sicyoeae
Nomen number:
22788
Place of publication:
Gard. dict. ed. 8:
Luffa
. 1768
Verified:
06/12/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucurbita luffa
hort.
Luffa cylindrica
M. Roem.
Luffa pentandra
Roxb.
Momordica cylindrica
L.
Momordica luffa
L.
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Reference(s)
Bibliograf, S. A., eds.
1964. Vox modern college Spanish & English dictionary.
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Note:
=
Luffa cylindrica
M. Roem.
Committee on Stabilization.
1975. Report of the standing committee on stabilization of specific names. Taxon 24:174.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal.
1991. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 6:271-290.
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Exell, A. W.
1933. Correct botanical name of the
Luffa
sponge. J. Bot. 71:352.
Filipowicz, N. et al.
2014. Revisiting
Luffa
(Cucurbitaceae) 25 years after C. Heiser: Species boundaries and application of names tested with plastid and nuclear DNA sequences. Syst. Bot. 39:205-215.
www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
Hamid, S. et al.
1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:99.
Hammel, B. E. et al., eds.
2003-. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica
Heiser, C. B. & E. L. Schilling.
1990. The genus
Luffa
: a problem in phytogeography. Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 123.
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Note:
=
Luffa cylindrica
M. Roem.
Kartesz, J. T.
1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Note:
=
Luffa cylindrica
M. Roem.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Nicolson, D. H. et al.
1988. An interpretation of Van Rheede's
Hortus Malabaricus
. Regnum Veg. 119:97.
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds.
1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:194-196.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Suresh, C. R.
A commentary on Rheede's
Hortus Malabaricus
.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
English
dishrag gourd –
Reference(s)
loofah –
Reference(s)
rag gourd –
Reference(s)
smooth loofah –
Reference(s)
sponge gourd –
Reference(s)
vegetable-sponge –
Reference(s)
French
courge torchon –
Reference(s)
pétole –
Reference(s)
German
Schwammgurke –
Reference(s)
Japanese Rōmaji
hechima –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
esponja-vegetal –
Reference(s)
Spanish
estropajo –
Reference(s)
paste –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
si gua –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Korean
susemioi –
Reference(s)
Urdu (Pakistan)
ghia tori –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
2
Cultivated
cult. throughout tropics
6
Other
origin Asia or possibly Africa
Cultivated
(cult. throughout tropics)
Other
(origin Asia or possibly Africa)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
potential as oil/fat
Hamid, S. et al.
1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:99.
Human food
vegetable
from seeds
Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds.
1993. Vegetables. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:194-196.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Materials
fiber
of fruit for sponges fide Biol Cucurb 327. 1990; Hamdard 38:99. 1995
Heiser, C. B. & E. L. Schilling.
1990. The genus
Luffa
: a problem in phytogeography. Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 123.
Medicines
folklore
fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2; Hamdard 38:99. 1995
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Name
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