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Luffa aegyptiaca

Luffa aegyptiaca, the sponge gourd, Egyptian cucumber or Vietnamese luffa, is an annual species of vine cultivated for its fruit, native to South and Southeast Asia. Luffa aegyptiaca, the sponge gourd, Egyptian cucumber or Vietnamese luffa, is an annual species of vine cultivated for its fruit, native to South and Southeast Asia.

Common name Köznév Loofah, plant sponge
Köznév Szivacstök
FamilyCsalád Cucurbitaceae
GenusNemzetség Luffa

ClassificationBesorolás

Scientific name Tudományos név Luffa aegyptiaca
Common name Köznév Loofah, plant sponge
Köznév Szivacstök
FamilyCsalád Cucurbitaceae
GenusNemzetség Luffa

Common NamesKöznevek

  • Loofah, plant sponge
  • Sponge gourd
  • Dishcloth gourd

Common NamesKöznevek

  • Szivacstök

Botanical Garden LocationBotanikus kerti elhelyezkedés

Crops Haszonnövények (16)

View this location on the map pageMegtekintés a térképen

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.

ToxicityMérgezés

HumansEmberek
unknown ismeretlen
CatsMacskák DogsKutyák
not toxic nem mérgező

AboutLeírás

Luffa aegyptiaca, the sponge gourd, Egyptian cucumber or Vietnamese luffa, is an annual species of vine cultivated for its fruit, native to South and Southeast Asia.

Luffa aegyptiaca, the sponge gourd, Egyptian cucumber or Vietnamese luffa, is an annual species of vine cultivated for its fruit, native to South and Southeast Asia. (English fallback)(angol tartalék)

Native DistributionTermészetes elterjedés

Australia Guinea-Bissau Mexico Papua New Guinea Timor-Leste Ausztrália Bissau-Guinea Mexikó Pápua Új-Guinea Kelet-Timor
Detailed RegionsRészletes régiók

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 confidenceAdat megbízhatóság: low

SynonymsSzinonimák

  • Bryonia cheirophylla Wall.
  • Cucumis acutangulus Wall.
  • Cucumis pentandrus Roxb.