African Plant Database


Momordica luffa L.
Family : CUCURBITACEAE
Protologue : Sp. Pl. 2: 1009 (1753)  
Information on the genus : Momordica
 
 
Status
Status for MA : rejected (present), is synonym of : Luffa cylindrica M. Roem.
Status for TA : rejected (present), is synonym of : Luffa cylindrica M. Roem.
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Luffa cylindrica M. Roem. (1846)
=Momordica cylindrica L. (1753)
=Luffa aegyptiaca Mill. (1768)
=Luffa cylindrica var. agrestis Berhaut
=Bryonia cheirophylla Wall.
=*Cucumis acutangulus Wall. non L.
=Cucumis lineatus Bosc (1792)
=Cucumis megacarpus G. Don (1834)
=Luffa scabra Schumach. & Thonn. (1827)
 
More info on :
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative
see under The International Plant Name Index
see under Catalogue de Madagascar
see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden
 
Map
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Record n°60435
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