8594.000 Luffa Mill.

Description of the genus

Monoecious annual herbs, prostrate or climbing. Leaves simple. Tendrils 2-6-fid. Male flowers in a raceme. Petals 5, 2-4.5 cm, entire. Stamens 5. Female flowers solitary; ovary densely puberulous; stigma 3-lobed. Mature fruit dry, brownish, opening by an apical lid, fibrous internally. Seeds elliptic, flattened.

Worldwide: 7 species in the tropics

Burundi: 1 taxon.

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Species		Content
cylindrica (L.) M. Roem.		Description, Image

Other sources of information about Luffa:

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Flora of Botswana: cultivated Luffa
Flora of the DRC: Luffa
Flora of Malawi: Luffa
Flora of Malawi: cultivated Luffa
Flora of Mozambique: Luffa
Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Luffa
Flora of Rwanda: Luffa
Flora of Zambia: Luffa
Flora of Zimbabwe: Luffa
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Luffa

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Luffa
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Luffa
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Luffa
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Luffa
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Luffa
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Luffa
JSTOR Plant Science: Luffa
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Luffa
Plants of the World Online: Luffa
Tropicos: Luffa
Wikipedia: Luffa