Details for: PI 500903, Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.
Origin:
Collected – Zambia
Received by NPGS:
Nov 1981
PI Assigned:
1986
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.
Origin:
Collected – Zambia
Received by NPGS:
Nov 1981
PI Assigned:
1986
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Seed
Source History
Collected
08 May 1981.
Zambia
Locality: Kagwamina, Gwenbe District, Southern Province
Coordinates: -17.0000, 27.0000 (Map it)

Donated
November 1981.
Italy
Comment: Received through Intern. Board for Pl. Genetic Resources (IBPGR), Rome, Italy
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Accession Names and Identifiers
Narrative
Received as Luffa cylindrica. Local name Mwpelo.
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.
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Phenotype Data

CategoryDescriptorDescriptionValueSample SizeStudyInventoryAvailability
MORPHOLOGYVINE LENGTHVINE LENGTH IN METERS10 S9.LUFFAPI 500903 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT LENGTHFRUIT LENGTH IN CENTIMETERS18 S9.LUFFAPI 500903 01 SDNot Available
MORPHOLOGYFRUIT DIAMETERDIAMETER OF FRUIT IN CENTIMETERS8 S9.LUFFAPI 500903 01 SDNot Available
PHENOLOGYMATURITYRELATIVE TIME OF MATURATION9 - (1 = EARLY, 8 = LATE SEASON) S9.LUFFAPI 500903 01 SDNot Available