Taxon: Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.

 
Genus: Luffa
Family: Cucurbitaceae
      Tribe: Sicyoeae
Nomen number: 22788
Place of publication: Gard. dict. ed. 8: Luffa. 1768
Name Verified on: 12-Jun-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 10-May-2000
Species priority site is: Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit, Griffin, GA (S9)
Accessions: 220 in National Plant Germplasm System (GoogleMap)

Common names:

Economic Importance:

  • Human food: potential as oil/fat (fide Hamdard 38:99. 1995)
  • Human food: vegetable (from seeds fide Pl Res SEAs 8:194-195. 1993)
  • Materials: fiber (of fruit for sponges fide Biol Cucurb 327. 1990; Hamdard 38:99. 1995)
  • Medicines: folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2; Hamdard 38:99. 1995)

Distributional Range:

    Other:

    . origin Asia or possibly Africa

    Cultivated:

    . cult. throughout tropics

References:

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  • Bibliograf, S. A., eds. Vox modern college Spanish & English dictionary. 1964 (Spanish Dict)
  • Burkill, H. M. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1985-2004 (Use Pl WT Afr)
  • Committee on Stabilization 1975. Report of the standing committee on stabilization of specific names (Taxon) 24:174.
  • Correa, J. E. & H. Y. Bernal 1991. Especies vegetales promisorias de los paises del Convenio Andres Bello. 1989-1998 (Esp Veg Prom) 6:271-290.
  • Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002 (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  • Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008 (Zander Ency)
  • 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.
  • Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II) (Hamdard) 38:99.
  • Hammel, B. E. et al., eds. Manual de plantas de Costa Rica. 2003- (Man CostaR)
  • Heiser, C. B. & E. L. Schilling 1990. The genus Luffa: a problem in phytogeography (Biol Cucurb) 123.
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  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium Hortus third. 1976 (Hortus 3)
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  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Nicolson, D. H. et al. 1988. An interpretation of Van Rheede's Hortus Malabaricus Regnum Veg. 119:97.
  • Núñez Meléndez, E. Plantas medicinales de Puerto Rico: Folklore y fundamentos científicos. 1982 (Pl Med PR)
  • Parrotta, J. A. Healing plants of peninsular India. 2001 (Healing Pl India)
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). (Pl Names)
  • Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)
  • Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables (Pl Res SEAs) 8:194-196.
  • Suresh, C. R. A commentary on Rheede's Hortus Malabaricus
  • Wiersema, J. H. & B. León World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only]. (World Econ Pl Med)
  • Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)

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