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Luffa cylindrica (L.) Roem.

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🗒 Synonyms
synonymBryonia cheirophylla Wall.
synonymCucumis acutangulus Wall.
synonymCucumis lineatus Bosc
synonymCucumis megacarpus G. Don
synonymCucumis pentandrus Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
synonymLuffa acutangula var. subangulata (Miq.) Cogn.
synonymLuffa aegyptiaca f. sylvestris (Miq.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes
synonymLuffa aegyptiaca Mill.
synonymLuffa arabum Steud.
synonymLuffa cattu-picinna Ser.
synonymLuffa clavata Roxb.
synonymLuffa cordata Meissn.
synonymLuffa cylindrica M. Roem.
synonymLuffa hederacea Wall.
synonymLuffa hederacea Wall. ex G. Don
synonymLuffa insularum A. Gray
synonymLuffa jacquinii Schrad.
synonymLuffa leiocarpa F. Müll.
synonymLuffa leucosperma M. Roem.
synonymLuffa luffa (L.) Lyons
synonymLuffa parvala Buch.-Ham.
synonymLuffa pentandra Roxb.
synonymLuffa petola Ser.
synonymLuffa racemosa Roxb.
synonymLuffa satpatia Buch.-Ham.
synonymLuffa satpatia Buch.-Ham. ex G. Don
synonymLuffa scabra Schumacher & Thonning
synonymLuffa striata Schrad.
synonymLuffa subangulata Miq.
synonymLuffa veitchii Naud.
synonymLuffa vittata Zipp. ex Span.
synonymMelothria touchanensis H. Lév.
synonymMomordica carinata Vell.
synonymMomordica cylindrica L.
synonymMomordica luffa L.
synonymMomordica operculata Blanco
synonymMomordica reticulata Salisb.
synonymPoppya fabiana C. Koch
synonymTuria cordata J. F. Gmel.
synonymTuria cylindrica J. F. Gmel.
synonymTuria sativa Forssk.
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Bhol
  • Dhundul
  • Phurol
English
  • Smooth loofah
  • Sponge gourd
  • Vegetable sponge
Malayalam
  • Kattupeechil
  • Kattupeeram
  • Peechinga
  • Perumpeeram
  • Puttilpeeram
Other
  • Ghosale
  • Mozhukupirkanakai
  • Peerkangai
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Climber
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors 
D. Narasimhan
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Climbing herbs, tendrils 3-fid. Leaves 5-(7)-lobed, 6-12 x 6-11 cm, orbicular or broadly ovate in outline, base cordate, margin shallowly dentate, apex acuminate, upper surface glandular-punctate, lower surface scabrid; petiole to 4.5 cm long. Flowers monoecious, male and female on same axil. Male flowers in recemes, clustered; peduncle to 9 cm; pedicel to 8 mm; calyx tube broadly companulate, lobes 5, 2-3 x 1-1.5 cm, lanceolate- acuminate; petals 5, yellow; stamens 5, free, inserted near mouth of calyx tube, anthers one 1-celled, others 2-celled. Female flowers solitary, co-axillary with male flower; ovary oblong, 1-locular; ovules many. Fruits 10-22 x 6-8 cm, cylindric, fibrous within. Seeds many, c. 10 x 8 mm, ovoid, compressed, black.
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY
    References 
      Habit: Climber
      G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
      Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY
      References 
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        📚 Natural History
        Cyclicity
        Flowering and fruiting: February-December
        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY
        References 
          Miscellaneous Details
          Notes: Forest margins and wastelands,Plains to Low Altitude, Cultivated
          G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
          Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY
          References 
            No Data
            📚 Habitat and Distribution
            General Habitat
            Cosmopolitian
            Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
            Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
            Licenses CC_BY
            References 
              Forest margins and wastelands
              Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
              Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
              Licenses CC_BY
              References 
                Description
                Global Distribution

                India: Assam

                Local Distribution

                Throughout Assam

                Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
                Licenses CC_BY
                References 
                  Global Distribution

                  Paleotropics, often cultivated

                  Indian distribution

                  State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

                  Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                  Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
                  Licenses CC_BY
                  References 
                    Kerala: All districts Tamil Nadu: All districts
                    G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                    Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                    Contributors 
                    Status UNDER_CREATION
                    Licenses CC_BY
                    References 
                      No Data
                      📚 Occurrence
                      No Data
                      📚 Uses and Management
                      Uses

                      System of Medicines Used In

                      Ayurveda
                      Ayurveda
                      Siddha
                      Siddha
                      Traditional chinese medicine
                      Traditional chinese medicine
                      Sowa-Rigpa
                      Sowa-Rigpa
                      System Of Medicines Used In

                      Ayurveda, Sowa-Rigpa, Siddha, Traditional chinese medicine

                      FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1347
                      Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1347
                      Contributors 
                      Status UNDER_CREATION
                      Licenses CC_BY
                      References 
                        No Data
                        📚 Information Listing
                        References
                        1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1347
                        1. Momordica cylindrica L., Sp. Pl. 1009. 1753.
                        2. Luffa cylindrica (L.) Roem., Syn. Monogr. 2: 63. 1846; Chakrav., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 11: 70. 1982; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 122. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 175. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 118. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 203. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 178. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 293. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 213. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 208. 1994; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 292. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 154. 1998; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 321. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 392. 2009.
                        3. Luffa pentandra Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3:712. 1832.
                        4. Luffa aegyptiaca Mill., Gard. Dict. (ed. 4) 500.1785; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2:614.1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 533(376). 1919; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 235. 2005.
                        1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
                        Information Listing > References
                        1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1347
                        2. Momordica cylindrica L., Sp. Pl. 1009. 1753.
                        3. Luffa cylindrica (L.) Roem., Syn. Monogr. 2: 63. 1846; Chakrav., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 11: 70. 1982; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 122. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 175. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 118. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 203. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 178. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 293. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 213. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 208. 1994; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 292. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 154. 1998; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 321. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 392. 2009.
                        4. Luffa pentandra Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3:712. 1832.
                        5. Luffa aegyptiaca Mill., Gard. Dict. (ed. 4) 500.1785; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2:614.1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 533(376). 1919; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 235. 2005.
                        6. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983

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                        📚 Meta data
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                        🐾 Taxonomy
                        RootRoot
                        KingdomPlantae
                        PhylumTracheophyta
                        ClassMagnoliopsida
                        OrderCucurbitales
                        FamilyCucurbitaceae
                        GenusLuffa
                        SpeciesLuffa cylindrica (L.) Roem.
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