Specimen profile Növényprofil
Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.
Classification
| Scientific name Tudományos név | Luffa aegyptiaca Mill. |
|---|---|
| Common name Köznév | Loofah, plant sponge Szivacstök |
| Family | Cucurbitaceae |
| Genus | Luffa |
Common Names
- Loofah, plant sponge
- Sponge gourd
- Dishcloth gourd
- Dishrag gourd
- Ghia tori
- Hechima
- Loofa
Botanical Garden Location
Crops Haszonnövények (16)
This plant is part of the Collection of crop plants (Medicinal, dye, textile and oil plants) collection. Ez a növény az Haszonnövények gyűjteménye (Gyógy-, festék-, textil és olajnövények) gyűjtemény része.
Toxicity
Native Distribution
Detailed Regions
Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam Bangladesh East Himalaya India West Himalaya Introduced into Africa East Tropical Africa Kenya Tanzania Uganda Northeast Tropical Africa Chad Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Somalia Sudan Northern Africa Tunisia South Tropical Africa Angola Malawi Mozambique Zambia Zimbabwe West Tropical Africa Benin Burkina Gambia | The Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi Cameroon Central African Republic Congo Gabon Gulf of Guinea Is. Rwanda Zaire Western Indian Ocean Comoros Mauritius Réunion Asia-Temperate Arabian Peninsula Yemen Caucasus Transcaucasus China China South-Central China Southeast Hainan Eastern Asia Korea Middle Asia Tadzhikistan Western Asia Iraq Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Pakistan Sri Lanka Indo-China Andaman Is. Cambodia Laos Nicobar Is. Thailand Malesia Jawa Lesser Sunda Is. Maluku Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago New Guinea Solomon Is. Europe Southeastern Europe Albania Northern America Mexico Mexico Central Mexico Southwest North-Central U.S.A. Illinois South-Central U.S.A. Texas Southeastern U.S.A. Florida Georgia Louisiana North Carolina South Carolina Virginia Pacific Northwestern Pacific Caroline Is. Marianas South-Central Pacific Cook Is. Marquesas Society Is. Southwestern Pacific Fiji Nauru New Caledonia Samoa Tonga Vanuatu Wallis-Futuna Is. Southern America Brazil Brazil South Caribbean Cuba Dominican Republic Haiti Jamaica Leeward Is. Netherlands Antilles Puerto Rico Southwest Caribbean Trinidad-Tobago Venezuelan Antilles Windward Is. Central America Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Northern South America Venezuela Southern South America Argentina Northeast Argentina Northwest Paraguay Western South America Bolivia Colombia
Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Assam Bangladesh East Himalaya India West Himalaya Introduced into Africa East Tropical Africa Kenya Tanzania Uganda Northeast Tropical Africa Chad Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Somalia Sudan Northern Africa Tunisia South Tropical Africa Angola Malawi Mozambique Zambia Zimbabwe West Tropical Africa Benin Burkina Gambia | The Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Liberia Mali Mauritania Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone West-Central Tropical Africa Burundi Cameroon Central African Republic Congo Gabon Gulf of Guinea Is. Rwanda Zaire Western Indian Ocean Comoros Mauritius Réunion Asia-Temperate Arabian Peninsula Yemen Caucasus Transcaucasus China China South-Central China Southeast Hainan Eastern Asia Korea Middle Asia Tadzhikistan Western Asia Iraq Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent Pakistan Sri Lanka Indo-China Andaman Is. Cambodia Laos Nicobar Is. Thailand Malesia Jawa Lesser Sunda Is. Maluku Papuasia Bismarck Archipelago New Guinea Solomon Is. Europe Southeastern Europe Albania Northern America Mexico Mexico Central Mexico Southwest North-Central U.S.A. Illinois South-Central U.S.A. Texas Southeastern U.S.A. Florida Georgia Louisiana North Carolina South Carolina Virginia Pacific Northwestern Pacific Caroline Is. Marianas South-Central Pacific Cook Is. Marquesas Society Is. Southwestern Pacific Fiji Nauru New Caledonia Samoa Tonga Vanuatu Wallis-Futuna Is. Southern America Brazil Brazil South Caribbean Cuba Dominican Republic Haiti Jamaica Leeward Is. Netherlands Antilles Puerto Rico Southwest Caribbean Trinidad-Tobago Venezuelan Antilles Windward Is. Central America Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala Northern South America Venezuela Southern South America Argentina Northeast Argentina Northwest Paraguay Western South America Bolivia Colombia
Data confidence: low
Synonyms
- Bryonia cheirophylla Wall.
- Cucumis acutangulus Wall.
- Cucumis pentandrus Roxb.
- Cucumis pentandrus Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
- Cucurbita luffa
- Luffa acutangula var. subangulata (Miq.) Cogn.
- Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.
- Luffa aegyptiaca f. sylvestris (Miq.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes
- Luffa aegyptiaca var. leiocarpa (Naudin) Heiser & E.E.Schill.
- Luffa aegyptiaca var. peramara F.M.Bailey
- Luffa cylindrica (L.) M.Roem.
- Luffa cylindrica var. insularum (A.Gray) Cogn.
- Luffa cylindrica var. leiocarpa Naudin
- Luffa cylindrica var. minima Naudin
- Luffa cylindrica var. multiflora (Spreng.) Domin
- Luffa cylindrica var. triangularis Cogn.
- Luffa fricatoria Sessé & Moc.
- Luffa insularum A.Gray
- Luffa leiocarpa (Naudin) F.Muell.
- Luffa leucosperma M.Roem.
- Luffa parvula Buch.-Ham.
- Luffa parvula Buch.-Ham. ex G.Don
- Luffa pentandra Roxb.
- Luffa petola Ser.
- Luffa subangulata Miq.
- Luffa sylvestris Miq.
- Melothria touchanensis H.Lév.
- Momordica carinata Vell.
- Momordica cylindrica L.
- Momordica luffa L.
- Momordica operculata Blanco
- Momordica reticulata Salisb.
- Poppya fabiana K.Koch
- Turia cordata Forssk.
- Turia cordata Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.
- Turia cylindrica Forssk.
- Turia cylindrica Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel.
- Turia sativa Forssk.