Plant Details

Accepted name:: Luffa aegyptiaca Mill. [Cucurbitaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aibhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
araheere	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
brihatkoshataki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cattu-picinna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
courge torchon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
dhamargava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dirgha-patola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dirghapatolika	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dishcloth gourd	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dishrag gourd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
egyptian luffa	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
esponja-vegetal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
estropajo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
ghadaghosali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghia tori	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
ghia- tori	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
ghia-tori	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghiatarui	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghiatarul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghiaturai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghosali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghoshaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gser gyi phud bu	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
gutti beera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guttibira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hastighosha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hastikoshataki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hastiparna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hechima	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
jaboncillo	Other	Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
khujar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
loofa	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
loofah	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
luff	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
luffa	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
luffa aegyptiaca	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
luffaschwamm	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
mahakoshataki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahapushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nenua	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neti beera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
netibira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nunebira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nunibeera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paroshi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paste	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
pichukku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pikku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
purula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pétole	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
rag gourd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
raja-koshataki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rajakoshataki	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sapitaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
schwammgurke	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
ser gyi pü bu	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
si gua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
si gua luo	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
smooth loofah	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
smooth luffa	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sponge gourd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
susemioi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
thipri kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thuppada heere	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thuppeere kayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thuppure	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiprikayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
torai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
toral	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tori	Other	Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
vegetable sponge	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
vegetable-sponge	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
གསེར་གྱི་ཕུད་བུ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruit		Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
fibrous "skeleton" of mature fruit		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
fruit		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Fruit		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 28 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Luffa aegyptiaca var. peramara F.M.Bailey Syn. Queensl. Fl., Suppl. 3: 29 (1890).
Luffa cylindrica var. insularum (A.Gray) Cogn. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 459 (1881).
Luffa cylindrica var. leiocarpa Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 12: 121 (1859).
Luffa insularum A.Gray U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 1: 644 (1854).
Luffa leiocarpa (Naudin) F.Muell. Fragm. 3: 107 (1862).
Luffa pentandra Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. 1832. 3: 712 (1832).
Luffa petola Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 303 (1828).
Luffa sylvestris Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 666 (1856).
Bryonia cheirophylla Wall. Numer. List: n.° 6715A (1832).
Cucumis pentandrus Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 343 (1834), not validly publ.
Luffa acutangula var. subangulata (Miq.) Cogn. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 461 (1881).
Luffa aegyptiaca var. leiocarpa (Naudin) Heiser & E.E.Schill. Biotropica 20: 186 (1988).
Luffa aegyptiaca f. sylvestris (Miq.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes Sandakania 17: 70 (2008).
Luffa cylindrica var. minima Naudin Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 16: 165 (1862).
Luffa cylindrica var. triangularis Cogn. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 21: 209 (1895).
Luffa fricatoria Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 227 (1894).
Luffa leucosperma M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 63 (1846).
Luffa parvula Buch.-Ham. ex G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 29 (1834).
Luffa subangulata Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 667 (1856).
Melothria touchanensis H.Lév. Fl. Kouy-Tchéou: 122 (1914).
Momordica carinata Vell. Fl. Flumin. 10: t. 97 (1831).
Momordica luffa L. Sp. Pl.: 1009 (1753).
Momordica operculata Blanco Fl. Filip.: 770 (1837), sensu auct.
Momordica reticulata Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 158 (1796).
Poppya fabiana K.Koch Berliner Allg. Gartenzeitung 1857: 60 (1857).
Turia cordata Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis].: 403 (1791).
Turia cylindrica Forssk. ex J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat. ed. 13[bis].: 403 (1791).
Turia sativa Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: cxxi (1775), not validly publ.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Luffa aegyptiaca	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
Luffa aegyptiaca Mill. ex Hook.f.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Luffa aegyptiaca Miller	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)
Luffa aegyptiaca Miller peramara Bailey	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)
Luffa aegyptiaca Miller.	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
Luffa aegyptiaca P. Mill.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Luffa aegyptiace	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Luffa aegyptica Mill.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Luffa cylindrica (L.)M.Roemer insularum (A.Gray)Cogn.	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)
Luffa cylindrica (L.)M.Roemer leiocarpa Naudin	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)
Luffa insularum A.Gray	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)
Luffa leiocarpa (Naudin)F.Muell.	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)
Luffa pentandra Roxb.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Luffa petola Ser.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Luffa sylvestris Miq.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Luﬀa aegyptiaca Mill.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)

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