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Luffa acutangula
Fl. Ind. ed. 1832, 3: 713. 1832.
Common names: Sponge or ridged gourd Sinkwa towel sponge Chinese squash
Introduced
Basionym: Cucumis acutangulus Linnaeus Sp. Pl. 2: 1011. 1753
Distribution
La., Va., Asia (India), Asia (Pakistan), also in West Indies (Puerto Rico)
Discussion
Varieties 2 (1 in the flora).
Variety amara (Roxburgh) C. B. Clarke is native in India and Pakistan; compared to the typical variety, it has leaves small and softly villous, petal apices round or scarcely emarginate, and fruits smaller and obovoid-oblong. The range and magnitude of difference suggests that var. amara may be justifiably treated as a distinct species, depending on the degree of isolation.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
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(3-)5-7-lobed;suborbiculate;ovate-cordate +
caducous +
adnate +
broadened +
campanulate +
straight +
berrylike +
aculeate +
distinct +
15;20 +
unisexual +
drying +
dehiscent +
glabrous +
perennial +
campanulate +
umbellate;subumbellate +
true +
alternate +
broadly ovate;triangular suborbiculate oblong-ovate oblong-triangular or depressed-ovate +
3(-6)-locular +
subglobose;cylindric +
30;100 +
yellow +
distinct +
glabrous +
obcordate;obovate oblong-obovate or obovate-cuneate +
absent +
Fl. Ind. ed. +
1832 +
fibrous +
not arillate +
100;300 +
straight +
connate +
erect +
vestigial +
triangular-lanceolate +
Introduced +
connate +
trailing +
hirsute;scabrous +
2-lobed +
columnar +
eglandular +
gland-dotted +
Luffa acutangula +
Luffa +
species +
[2-]3-6-branched +
absent +
contorted +
sigmoid +
connate +
exalbuminous +
annual +
trailing +
monoecious +