Species Luffa acutangula
Pictures from Observations
There aren’t any identifications of Luffa acutangula.
Range:
Location unknown
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Etymology of Luffa:
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.
Etymology of acutangula:
From the Latin acutus = 'sharp' or 'pointed' and angulus = 'angle'
Scientific name:
Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.
Synonym of:
Unknown
Long etymology:
Protologue:
Fl. Ind. ed. 1832 (Roxburgh) 3: 713-714 (1832)
Synonym status:
Year published:
1832
Observations of Taxon
There aren’t any identifications of Luffa acutangula.