Details for: PI 406749, Luffa aegyptiaca Mill., W-C 1533


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.
Top Name:
W-C 1533
Origin:
Collected – Costa Rica
Received by NPGS:
03 Feb 1976
PI Assigned:
1976
Form Received:
Seed
Availability
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Seed10 countPI 406749 01 SD
 
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.
Top Name:
W-C 1533
Origin:
Collected – Costa Rica
Received by NPGS:
03 Feb 1976
PI Assigned:
1976
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected

Costa Rica
Coordinates: 10.6167, -85.4500 (Map it)

Collector(s):
Donated
03 February 1976.
Maryland, United States

Donor(s):
Accession Names and Identifiers
W-C 1533
Type: Collector identifier

Narrative
High climbing vine to 10m long. Flowers yellow, seeds black. Fruit to 25cm long, interior fibrous, used as sponge.
Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.
Genus:
Luffa
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Sicyoeae
Nomen number:

22788
Place of publication:

Gard. dict. ed. 8: Luffa. 1768
Verified:
06/12/1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Cucurbita luffa hort.
Luffa cylindrica M. Roem.
Luffa pentandra Roxb.
Momordica cylindrica L.
Momordica luffa L.

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishdishrag gourd  1Heiser, C. B. & E. L. Schilling. 1990. The genus Luffa: a problem in phytogeography. In: Bates, D. M. et al., Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 123, 327.
Englishloofah  1Heiser, C. B. & E. L. Schilling. 1990. The genus Luffa: a problem in phytogeography. In: Bates, D. M. et al., Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 123, 327.
Englishrag gourd  1Heiser, C. B. & E. L. Schilling. 1990. The genus Luffa: a problem in phytogeography. In: Bates, D. M. et al., Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 123, 327.
Englishsmooth loofah  1Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
Englishsponge gourd  1Heiser, C. B. & E. L. Schilling. 1990. The genus Luffa: a problem in phytogeography. In: Bates, D. M. et al., Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae 123, 327.
Englishvegetable-sponge as Luffa cylindrica1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Luffa cylindrica M. Roem.
Frenchcourge torchon  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Frenchpétole  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
GermanSchwammgurke  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Japanese Rōmajihechima as Luffa cylindrica2Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan. Note: as Luffa cylindrica
Portugueseesponja-vegetal  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanishestropajo  2Bibliograf, S. A., eds. 1964. Vox modern college Spanish & English dictionary.
Spanishpaste  2Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Transcribed Chinesesi gua  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Koreansusemioi  2Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:106-107.
Urdu (Pakistan)ghia tori as Luffa cylindrica2Hamid, S. et al. 1995. Medicinal plants of family Cucurbitaceae of Pakistan (part II). Hamdard 38:99.
Annotations
  • Taxonomic Re-Identification: 27 Feb 1995, from Luffa spp. to Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT LENGTHFRUIT LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS23 S9.LUFFAPI 406749 01 SD
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT DIAMETERDIAMETER OF FRUIT IN CENTIMETERS8 S9.LUFFAPI 406749 01 SD
PHENOLOGYMATURITYRELATIVE TIME OF MATURATION9 - (1 = EARLY, 8 = LATE SEASON) S9.LUFFAPI 406749 01 SD