Taxon Details – Vascular Plants of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

Taxon Details: Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.

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Narratives:

Esponja, Estropajo,Sponge cucumber

Family:

Cucurbitaceae (Magnoliophyta)

Scientific Name:

Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.

Primary Citation:

Gard. Dict. (ed. 8) 1: 1768

Accepted Name:

This name is currently accepted.

Synonyms:

Luffa cylindrica (L.) M.Roem.
Momordica luffa L.
Luffa cylindrica (L.) T.Durand & H.Durand

Common Names:

esponja, estropajo, servilleta de pobre, pepinillo de esponja, sponge cucumber, vegetable sponge, paste

Narratives:

Esponja, Estropajo,Sponge cucumber

Flora and Monograph Treatment(s):

Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.: [Article] Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro. 2005. Vines and climbing plants of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 51: 1-483.
Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.: [Article] Acevedo-Rodríguez, Pedro & collaborators. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581.

Related Objects:

Specimens 77
DNA Aliquots 0
Tissue Samples 0
Structural Botany 0
Map Distribution

• N. C. Goldstein 6, Belize
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• Fr. León 15062, Cuba
• Bro. Clemente 7473, Cuba
• A. Duss 2965, Guadeloupe
• L. M. Andrews 716, Barbados
• A. Duss 2290, Guadeloupe
• A. Duss 2965, Guadeloupe
• A. Duss 1796a, Martinique
• S. H. Hamilton 96, Cuba
• A. Duss 1796a, Martinique
• F. M. Realino 28, Curaçao
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• G. Rivera, Puerto Rico
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• G. M. Plunkett 5153, Vanuatu
• R. E. S. Tanner 2602, Tanzania
• J. E. Madsen 6174, Burkina Faso
• J. de Koning 6264, Côte d'Ivoire
• J. Louis 3937, Democratic Republic of the Congo
• L. C. Okeke 61, Liberia
• H. G. Stubbings 147, Nigeria
• G. T. Prance 13434, Brazil

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