Luffa graveolens Roxb.

 
  • Family : CUCURBITACEAE
    (Gourd Or Melon Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KHARBOOZA FAMILY (खरबूजा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : CUCURBITACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved name
  • Habit : Climber
  • Key identification features : Climbers, monoecious; stem smooth. Flowers axillary, bright yellow; male and female flowers clustered in axils. Berries ovoid, grey, tuberculous or spinous
  • Flower, Fruit : August-September
  • Literature : N.P. Singh, P. Lakshminarasimhan, S. Karthikeyan & P. V. Prasanna (2001). Flora of Maharashtra state, Dicotyledones. Vol. 2.pp.62. Botanical survey of India, Govt. Of India.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Luffa graveolens. Downloaded on 2 June 2024.

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