Luffa

Botany

Taxonomy

Cucurbitaceae 729

Species

Luffa Lonicera 1
Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb. 123 118
Luffa aegyptiaca Mill. 48 48
Luffa aegyptica 1
Luffa amara Roxb. 4 4
Luffa amara x cylindrica 10
Luffa astori Svenson 1 1
Luffa cylindrica (L.) M.Roem. 388 379
Luffa echinata Roxb. 50 50
Luffa foetida Cav. 5 4
Luffa forskalii Schweinf. ex Harms 1 1
Luffa gigantea 6 6
Luffa graveolens Roxb. 9 9
Luffa insularum A.Gray 2 2
Luffa luffa (L.) A.Lyons 1 1
Luffa minima 1
Luffa papangaye 2 2
Luffa pentandra Roxb. 2 2
Luffa petola Ser. 3 3
Luffa purgans (Mart.) Mart. 15 15
Luffa sp. 28 27
Luffa sp. de Zanzibar 1
Luffa sp. du Sénégal 1
Luffa striata Schrad. 2 2

729 Specimens registered in collections

Collection Number of specimens (or sets)
Dep. Breeding and Veterinary Medicine (ALF) 1
Ethnobotany (PAT) 5
Gardens (JB) 16
Univ. Montpellier - Inst. of Botany (MPU) 65
Vascular plants (P) 642