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8594.000 Luffa
Description of the genus
Monoecious annual herbs, prostrate or climbing. Leaves simple. Tendrils 2-6-fid. Male flowers in a raceme. Petals 5, 2-4.5 cm, entire. Stamens 5. Female flowers solitary; ovary densely puberulous; stigma 3-lobed. Mature fruit dry, brownish, opening by an apical lid, fibrous internally. Seeds elliptic, flattened. Worldwide: 7 species in the tropics Mozambique: 2 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| acutangula (L.) Roxb. | N,M | |
| cylindrica (L.) M. Roem. | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Luffa:
Our websites:
Flora of Botswana: cultivated LuffaFlora of Caprivi: cultivated Luffa
Flora of Malawi: Luffa
Flora of Malawi: cultivated Luffa
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Luffa
Flora of Zambia: Luffa
Flora of Zimbabwe: Luffa
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Luffa
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): LuffaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Luffa
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Luffa
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Luffa
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Luffa
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Luffa
JSTOR Plant Science: Luffa
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Luffa
Plants of the World Online: Luffa
Tropicos: Luffa
Wikipedia: Luffa
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