Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
buchinha	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
buchinha paulista	Other	Cerrado’s Med. Pl., Brazil (Carvalho, 2004)
buchinha-do-norte	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
buchinha-paulista	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
cabacinha	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
cabaçinha	Other	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
loofah	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
luffa operculata	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
fruit		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fruit		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
fruit		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cucumis fricatorius Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 227 (1894).
Luffa operculata var. intermedia Cogn. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 330 (1895).
Momordica operculata L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1278 (1759).
Poppya operculata (L.) M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 59 (1846).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Luffa operculata	Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Luffa operculata (L.) Cogn	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
Luffa operculata (L.) Cogn.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Luffa operculata Cogn.	Cerrado’s Med. Pl., Brazil (Carvalho, 2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Luffa operculata Cong.	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
Luffa operculata L.	SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)

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