Luffa aegyptiaca P. Mill.

English: Sponge Gourd

German: Schwammgurke

Mandarin: 丝瓜 (si gua)

Portuguese: Bucha

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Cucurbitales (26)

        Family: Cucurbitaceae (26)(family description)

          Genus: Luffa (2)

            Epithet: aegyptiaca P. Mill. (1)

aegyptiaca => of Egyptian origin

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

Check for Luffa aegyptiaca at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [892] Luffa aegyptiaca - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [1814] Luffa aegyptiaca - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [12] Dokosi, O.B. (1998): Herbs of Ghana. Ghana University Press, Accra, Ghana.