Details for: PI 593402, Luffa aegyptiaca Mill., Chang Sha Bai Si Gua

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.

Top Name:

Chang Sha Bai Si Gua

Origin:

Donated – Beijing Shi, China

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

21 Feb 1995

Improvement Status:

Landrace

Form Received:

Seed

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.

Top Name:

Chang Sha Bai Si Gua

Origin:

Donated – Beijing Shi, China

Maintained:

Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (S9)

Received by NPGS:

21 Feb 1995

Improvement Status:

Landrace

Form Received:

Seed

Source History

Donated

26 July 1994.
Beijing Shi, China

Donor(s):

Chinese Academy of Agricultural Science

21 February 1995.
North Carolina, United States

Donor(s):

Accession Names and Identifiers

Chang Sha Bai Si Gua

Type: Local name

ZWRM 139

Type: Collector identifier

Narrative

25-50 seed.

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.

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