Luffa aegyptiaca

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Luffa aegyptiaca

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Cucurbitales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Cucurbitales

Familia: Cucurbitaceae
Tribus: Sicyoeae
Genus: Luffa
Species: Luffa aegyptiaca

Name

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Luffa aegyptiaca Mill., 1768.

Notes

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There has been considerable discussion on whether the correct name for this species is L. cylindrica or L. aegyptiaca. The typification was discussed in detail by Nicolson (1988) and their interpretation is followed here.

Synonyms

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  • Bryonia cheirophylla Wall.
  • Cucumis acutangulus Wall.
  • Cucumis lineatus Bosc
  • Cucumis megacarpus G. Don
  • Cucumis pentandrus Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
  • Cucurbita multiflora Soland. ex Forst. fil.
  • Luffa acutangula var. subangulata (Miq.) Cogn.
  • Luffa aegyptiaca var. peramara Bailey
  • Luffa aegyptiaca f. sylvestris (Miq.) W. J. de Wilde & Duyfjes
  • Luffa arabum Steud.
  • Luffa cattu-picinna Ser.
  • Luffa clavata Roxb.
  • Luffa cordata Meissn.
  • Luffa cylindrica M. Roem.
  • Luffa cylindrica var. insularum (A. Gray) Cogn.
  • Luffa cylindrica var. leiocarpa Naudin
  • Luffa cylindrica var. multiflora Domin
  • Luffa foetida (Jacq. fil.) Hort. Vindob. ex Schrad.
  • Luffa hederacea Wall.
  • Luffa hederacea Wall. ex G. Don
  • Luffa insularum A. Gray
  • Luffa jacquinii Schrad.
  • Luffa leiocarpa (Naudin) F. Muell.
  • Luffa leucosperma M. Roem.
  • Luffa luffa (L.) Lyons
  • Luffa parvala Buch.-Ham.
  • Luffa pentandra Roxb.
  • Luffa petola Ser.
  • Luffa racemosa Roxb.
  • Luffa satpatia Buch.-Ham.
  • Luffa satpatia Buch.-Ham. ex G. Don
  • Luffa scabra Schumacher & Thonning
  • Luffa striata Schrad.
  • Luffa subangulata Miq.
  • Luffa veitchii Naud.
  • Luffa vittata Zipp. ex Span.
  • Melothria touchanensis H. Lév.
  • Momordica carinata Vell.
  • Momordica cylindrica L.
  • Momordica luffa L.
  • Momordica operculata Blanco
  • Momordica reticulata Salisb.
  • Poppya fabiana C. Koch
  • Turia cordata J. F. Gmel.
  • Turia cylindrica J. F. Gmel.
  • Turia sativa Forssk.

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asie
      • Myanmar [Burma], Nepal, Bhutan, India, Darjeeling (I), Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, Pakistani Punjab, Swat), Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir), Pakistani Kashmir (Gilgit)
  • Continental: Africa
      • Senegal, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Annobon Isl., Sudan, South Sudan, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, D.R.Congo (Zaire), Congo (Brazzaville), NW-Angola, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo), Sao Tome, Madagascar, Comoros

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Primary references

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Additional references

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Vernacular names

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Deutsch: Schwammkürbis
English: Smooth Luffa, Egyptian Luffa
suomi: Pesusienikurkku
မြန်မာဘာသာ: သပွတ်သီး
Nederlands: Sponskomkommer
português: Bucha
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