Genus Luffa
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There aren’t any identifications of Luffa.
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Location unknown
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Short etymology:
Arabic louff (or similar) for the plant cylindrica, ‘loofah’; usually refers to the fruit of the two species aegyptiaca and acutangula, which are eaten as vegetables.
Scientific name:
Luffa Mill.
Etymology source:
Global vulnerability:
NE
Synonym of:
Unknown
Protologue:
Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4 no. 1 (1754)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1754
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Luffa.