Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.

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EX NATIONAAL HERBARIUM NEDERLAND
WAGENINGKN UNIVERSITY BRANCH (WAG)
Collected by: I. de Koning
no. 6264
dd,; 15 December 1911
NEW YORK BOTANtCAL GARDEN
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BOTANICAL
Cucurbitaceae
Luff a aegyptiaca Mill.
Det: J. de Koning 1983
(as Luffa cylindrica M.Roem.)
IVORY COAST, ABIDJAN, Abidjan, Banco Forest,
c. 5°23'N, 4°03’W
Seedling. Roots whitish. Cotyls very light green. Cotyledons
herbaceous, light green, nerves much paler green above,
beneath the nerves slightly prominent. Leaves herbaceous, light
green, sunken above, beneath prominent. The 3 large nerves
prominent to sunken afc«#.
Cultivated at Experimental Station ORSTOM, Adiopodoume,
Elf, seed source Banco Forest.
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