Details for: PI 555606, Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.

Origin:

Donated – Missouri, United States

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

27 Apr 1990

Form Received:

Seed

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	10 count		PI 555606 01 SD

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.

Origin:

Donated – Missouri, United States

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

27 Apr 1990

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Donated

27 April 1990.
Missouri, United States

Donor(s):

DeCourley, C. D., Univ. of Missouri Columbia

Accession Names and Identifiers

Narrative

Imported. Fiber quality excellent. Fruit did not set or mature quickly.

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

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	dishrag gourd		1	Heiser, 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.
English	loofah		1	Heiser, 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.
English	rag gourd		1	Heiser, 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.
English	smooth loofah		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	sponge gourd		1	Heiser, 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.
English	vegetable-sponge	as Luffa cylindrica	1	Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: = Luffa cylindrica M. Roem.
French	courge torchon		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
French	pétole		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
German	Schwammgurke		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Japanese Rōmaji	hechima	as Luffa cylindrica	2	Iwatsuki, K. et al. 1993-. Flora of Japan. Note: as Luffa cylindrica
Portuguese	esponja-vegetal		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Spanish	estropajo		2	Bibliograf, S. A., eds. 1964. Vox modern college Spanish & English dictionary.
Spanish	paste		2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Transcribed Chinese	si gua		2	Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Transcribed Korean	susemioi		2	Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:106-107.
Urdu (Pakistan)	ghia tori	as Luffa cylindrica	2	Hamid, 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.