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Luffa acutangula

Luffa acutangula

Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.
Engl.: sinkwa towelsponge, angled loofah, angled luffa, Chinese-okra, ribbed gourd, ribbed loofah.
Deu.: Gerippte Schwammgurke.
TCM: si gua.
Bot. syn.: Cucumis acutangulus L., Luffa foetida Cav.

Colocynthis (U. S. P.)—Colocynth.

Botanical name: 
Cayaponia globosa
Citrullus colocynthis
Cucumis myriocarpus
Cucumis prophetarum
Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii
Cucumis trigonus
Luffa acutangula
Luffa echinata
Luffa operculata

Fig. 81. Fruit of Citrullus Colocynthis. Classic texts: King's 1898.

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Luffa acutangula, Luffa aegyptiaca.

Botanical name: 
Luffa acutangula
Luffa aegyptiaca

Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.

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Spongia.—Sponge.

Botanical name: 
Luffa acutangula
Luffa aegyptiaca
Spongia officinalis

Classic texts: King's 1898.

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