Luffa acutangula

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Luffa acutangula

Description

Medium-sized climber to 5 m long, stem 2-4 mm diam., glabrous or subscabrous. Leaves: Flowers opening at night; Fruit long-ellipsoid, 10-ridged, 10-30 by 4-10 cm, apex obtuse or acute, green, glabrous; Seeds numerous, grey-black, ovate-elliptic in outline, 10-12 by 6-8 mm, smooth or rugose, not winged, margin narrow, ± square.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: India present, South Asia present
Originally in South Asia (India); in Malesia: widely cultivated.

Citation

Roxb. 2008 – In: Fl. Thailand: 461
Roxb. 1832: Fl. Ind.: 713
W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes – In: Sandakania: 67
Backer 1964 – In: Backer & Bakh.f., Fl. Java 1: 300
Craib 1931 – In: Fl. Siam.: 756.