Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.
CUCURBITACEAE
- Cucumber family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
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Name: Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.
Nomencl. ref.: Flora Indica (ed. Carey) 3 1832
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Sinkwa towelsponge
English name: angled loofah English name: Chinese-okra
German name: gerippte Schwammgurke
Grown habit: Vine, Forb/herb
Duration: Annual
Synonyms:
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Dilleniidae
Order: Violales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Luffa
Species:
Page counter: 2100 ( AVG: 221.22 / 219.911 )
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Luffa acutangula
Habit and bagged fruits at Kihei, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Luffa acutangula
Leaves and bagged fruits at Kihei, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Luffa acutangula
Leaves and bagged fruit at Paia, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Luffa acutangula
On trellis with bagged fruit at Paia, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (LA, VA), USA+ (Puerto Rico)
Map for Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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More species:
1) Luffa aegyptiaca Mill. [256]
2) Luffa cylindrica M. Roem. [223]
3) Luffa cylindrica M. Roem. var. insularum (A. Gray) Cogn. [193]
4) Luina stricta (Greene) B.L. Rob. [183]
5) Lunaria annua L. [1225]
6) Lupinus aduncus Greene [168]
7) Lupinus albicaulis Douglas var. abramsii (C.P. Sm.) Hoover [164]
8) Lupinus alsophilus Greene [41]
9) Lupinus apertus A. Heller [240]
10) Lupinus argenteus Pursh ssp. argenteus var. argenteus [246]
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