Luffa cylindrica (L.) M. Roemer [ Luffa aegyptiaca Miller]
Rheede tot Drakestein, H.A. van, Hortus Indicus Malabaricus (1678-1703)
Hort. Ind. Malab.

vol. 8 (1688)
t. 8
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Luffa cylindrica (L.) M. Roemer


binominal name:
Luffa aegyptiaca Miller
name recognized:
Luffa cylindrica (L.) M. Roemer
name recognized (basionym):
Momordica cylindrica L.
cited non-linnean name:
cáttu-picinna

family: Cucurbitaceae
subfamily: Cucurbitoideae
tribe: Benincaseae
epithet cited: aegyptiacus,-a,-um

epithet recognized: cylindricus,-a,-um

Illustration contributed by:
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A.
link to this page:
http://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=123090
contact about this record homotypic synonyms:
Luffa cylindrica (L.) T. Durand & H. Durand; Momordica cylindrica L.;
heterotypic synonyms:
Bryonia cheirophylla Wall.; Cucumis pentandrus Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.; Luffa aegyptiaca Miller; Luffa fricatoria Donde; Luffa insularum A. Gray; Luffa leucosperma M. Roemer; Luffa pentandra Roxb.; Luffa petola Ser.; Luffa subangulata Miq.; Luffa sylvestris Miq.; Melothria touchanensis H. Lév.; Momordica luffa L.; Momordica luffa Vell.; Turia sativa Forssk.;
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