Luffa cylindrica (L.) M. Roemer [ Luffa pentandra Roxb.]
Wight, R., Illustrations of Indian botany (1840-1850)
Ill. Ind. Bot.

vol. 2 (1850)
t. 105bis f. 4 (1850)
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Luffa cylindrica (L.) M. Roemer


name cited:
Luffa pentandra Roxb.
name recognized:
Luffa cylindrica (L.) M. Roemer
name recognized (basionym):
Momordica cylindrica L.
drawing: Rungia
family: Cucurbitaceae
subfamily: Cucurbitoideae
tribe: Benincaseae
epithet cited: pentandrus,-a,-um

epithet recognized: cylindricus,-a,-um

Illustration contributed by:
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A.
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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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