Details for: PI 673138, Luffa operculata (L.) Cogn.


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Luffa operculata (L.) Cogn.
Origin:
Collected – Mexico
Received by NPGS:
04 Mar 2014
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Luffa operculata (L.) Cogn.
Origin:
Collected – Mexico
Received by NPGS:
04 Mar 2014
Improvement Status:
Wild material
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Annual
Life Cycle:
Annual
Source History
Collected

Mexico
Locality: From door yard gardens along the Rio Mayo River

Donated
04 March 2014.

Comment: Purchased from Native Seeds/SEARCH, Tucson, Arizona
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Narrative
Produces dozens of 2-3" fruit. Once dry, remove thin skin to reveal small scrubber "sponge." In low desert, plant with summer rains. The small yellow flowers and unusual fruits makes wild luffa an attractive plant for a trellis.
Luffa operculata (L.) Cogn.
Genus:
Luffa
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Sicyoeae
Nomen number:

311698
Place of publication:

C. F. P. von Martius, Fl. bras. 6(4):12. 1878
Comment:
non Luffa operculata auct. S. Amer. (= L. sepium (G. Mey.) C. Jeffrey
Verified:
03/26/2013 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Momordica operculata L.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Elaterium quinquefidum Hook. & Arn.
Luffa quinquefida (Hook. & Arn.) Seem.

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