African Plant Database


Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.
Family : CUCURBITACEAE
Protologue : Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 (Roxburgh) 3: 713-714 (1832)
Information on the genus : Luffa
Basionym : Cucumis acutangulus L.
 
 
Status
Status for MA : accepted (cultivated)
Status for TA : accepted (cultivated)
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Cucumis acutangulus L. (1753)
 Cucurbita acutangula (L.) Blume (1826)
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Cucumis longus var. indicus
=Luffa fluminensis Roem. (1846)
=Luffa foetida Cav. (1791)
=Luffa gosa Ham. (1832)
=Momordica tubiflora Wall. (1832)
=Luffa drastica Mart. (1843)
 
Ecology and distribution
Mada.
Biol./Eco : Herb, Vine; distribution: Africa. Asia, Australasia/Pacific,

Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
  • Cat. Pl. Vasc. Burkina Faso:198 (2012)
  • César J. & C. Chatelain (2019). Flore illustrée du Tchad. Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de Genève, Coopération Suisse & Univ. N'Djaména
 
More info on :
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative
see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale
see under Catalogue de Madagascar
see under Flora of Mozambique
see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden
 
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