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Details for: PI 120489,
Luffa acutangula
(L.) Roxb., 'Singkwa towelgourd'
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Luffa acutangula
(L.) Roxb.
Cultivar:
'Singkwa towelgourd'
Origin:
Collected – Bursa, Turkey
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
17 Jan 1937
PI Assigned:
1937
Inventory Volume:
130
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Luffa acutangula
(L.) Roxb.
Cultivar:
'Singkwa towelgourd'
Origin:
Collected – Bursa, Turkey
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
17 Jan 1937
PI Assigned:
1937
Source History
Collected
18 June 1936.
Bursa, Turkey
Locality:
Bursa bazar
Collector(s):
Wellman, F.L., USDA-Bureau of Plant Industry
Westover, H.L., USDA-Bureau of Plant Industry
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Singkwa towelgourd'
Type: Cultivar name
No. 1238
Type: Collector identifier
Narrative
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
Alternate name
note
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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
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