Photo: Luffa aegyptiaca 0.
Flowering vine. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Greenhouse. 2005-05-20.
Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.
Engl.: loofah, common loofah, dish-cloth gourd, dishrag gourd, gourd towel, luffa, smooth loofah, sponge gourd, vegetable sponge, wash-rag sponge.
Deu.: Schwammgurke, Luffa.
Fran.: éponge végétale, louffa.
Sven.: luffa, vegetarisk tvättsvamp.
Suom.: pesusienikurkku.
Bot. syn.: Luffa cylindrica (L.) M. Roem., Luffa cylindrica (L.) T. Durand & H. Durand, Luffa pentandra Roxb., Luffa petola Ser., Momordica cylindrica L., Momordica luffa L.
Flowering vine. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Greenhouse. 2005-05-20.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
Flower and leaf. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Greenhouse. 2005-05-20.
Flower. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Greenhouse. 2005-05-20.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: Sayre 1917.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1884.
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