Colocynthis (U. S. P.)—Colocynth.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1884.
Luffa operculata (L.) Cogn.
Port.: buchinha, cabacinha.
Bot. syn.: Cucumis sepiom G. Mey., Luffa purgans Mart., Momordica operculata L., Momordica purgans M.
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