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    Species Accepted

    Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.

    Chinese Okra
    EukaryotaPlantae...Luffa

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 12 countries or islands

      12 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      Burkina FasoNo
      CubaYes
      British Indian Ocean TerritoryNo
      IraqNo
      MadagascarNo
      Marshall IslandsNo
      Marshall IslandsNo
      PalauNo
      SeychellesNo
      Sierra LeoneNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      39 results
      Chinese Ochro
      Chinese Okra English
      Chinese-okra English
      Estropajo
      Gambas Indonesian
      Jhingi
      Satputia
      Servilleta de pobre
      Sinkwa towelsponge
      Torchon (Trinidad & Tobago); Esponja

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      2 results
      Source Dataset
      Dataset

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      28 results
      Roxb. (1832). Fl. Ind. [Roxburgh] 3: 713-714 (1832). Published in
      Royle. Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.
      Roxb. Hort. Bengal. 70 (1814), nomen, Fl. Ind.
      Heiser & E.E.Schill. Biotropica 123 (1990).
      J.G.Klein ex Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4.
      Schweinf. ex Harms. (1923). Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 19: 232 (1923).
      Mart. Syst. Mat. Med. Bras. 81 (1843).
      Bosc. (1792). J. Hist. Nat. 2: 251, t. 37 (1792).
      Don, G. (1834). Gen. Hist. 3: 28 (1834).
      Buch.-Ham. Numer. List.

      Citation

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