Details for: PI 163294, Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb., TORAUJA

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.

Top Name:

TORAUJA

Origin:

Collected – India

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

Mar 1948

PI Assigned:

1948

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Inventory Volume:

156
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Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	10 count		PI 163294 01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.

Top Name:

TORAUJA

Origin:

Collected – India

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

Mar 1948

PI Assigned:

1948

Source History

Collected

India

Donated

March 1948.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):

Koelz, Walter Norman, USDA-Bureau of Plant Industry

Accession Names and Identifiers

TORAUJA

Type: Unverified name

8291

Type: Collector identifier

Narrative

Ripe fruit 2ft by 4in, winged. Young fruits make a vegetable of delicate flavor.

Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.

Genus:

Luffa

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Tribe:

Sicyoeae

Nomen number:

22787

Place of publication:

Fl. ind. ed. 1832, 3:713. 1832

Verified:

05/10/1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Cucumis acutangulus L.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	angled loofah	1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	Chinese-okra	1	Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:194-196.
English	dishcloth gourd	1	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1528.
English	ribbed gourd	1	Chakravarty, H. L. 1990. Cucurbits of India and their role in the development of vegetable crops. In: Bates, D. M. et al., Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 327.
English	ribbed loofah	1	Chakravarty, H. L. 1990. Cucurbits of India and their role in the development of vegetable crops. In: Bates, D. M. et al., Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 327.
English	ridged gourd	1	Siemonsma, J. S. & Kasem Piluek, eds. 1993. Vegetables. In: Faridah Hanum, I. & L. J. G. van der Maesen, eds., Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 8:194-196.
English	silky gourd	1	Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
English	strainervine	1	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1528.
German	gerippte Schwammgurke	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1528.
Japanese Rōmaji	tokado-hechima	2	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan.
Swedish	kantgurka	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinese	guang dong si gua	2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transliterated Russian	ljufa	2	Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6

Annotations

Observations

Phenotype Data

Category	Descriptor	Description	Value	Sample Size	Study	Inventory	Availability
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT LENGTH	FRUIT LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS	39		S9.LUFFA.96	PI 163294 01 SD
MORPHOLOGY	FRUIT DIAMETER	DIAMETER OF FRUIT IN CENTIMETERS	6		S9.LUFFA.96	PI 163294 01 SD