Luffa tuberosa 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
  • Vernacular name : Kasara kaya (Telugu); Kadvanchi (Marathi)
  • Habit : Climber
  • Comments / notes : Common in black soils. Fruits edible
  • Flower, Fruit : August-September
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Anantapur district, Kadapa district, Kurnool district
    • Karnataka : Bellary district
    • Maharashtra : Akola district
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka; Pullaiah et al., 2007 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 3
  • 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 tuberosa. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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