Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adavi beera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adavibira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adivi beera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akacaveni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akacavenkkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
angled loofah	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
angled luffa	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
angular loofah	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ara-torui	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
arakkuppecarippirkku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atalakkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atalankay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
athanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
beera	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
beerakaaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
beerakaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
birakaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
burkaai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
burkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cacu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cakaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cakkarakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
canikappurikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cantirakayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cantirakayani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cantirakayanikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cantonese luffa	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
catinikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cattiyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chathi beera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chedu beeha	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
chedu beera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chedu-bira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chedubira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
cheru-peeram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chinese okra	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chinese-okra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cikikkavirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cinkakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cittirakunam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curiyanaiyariyappanni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dadudodaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dara wetakolu	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
dhamargava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhamargavah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhamargowa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dharaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhāmārg	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
dirghaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dish cloth gourd	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dishcloth gourd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
dishrag gourd	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
divali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
djinji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dodake	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dodaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dodka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dodka turiya	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
dodke	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
eere kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
esponja	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
fluted loofah	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gerippte schwammgurke	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
geronl	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ghantali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghosa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gomsali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gramya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guang dong si gua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gudari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
harekaai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
heere balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
heere kaayi balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
heere-kai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hire balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hire kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hire-valli	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
hirekayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
itukal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
itukalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
itukali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
itukalikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
itukari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
itukarikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jalini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jhimani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jhinga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jhingaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jinga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jālī	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kacappuppirkku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaccam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachur	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kadawa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kadu-dodaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadudodaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadudodka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadupadagila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadushirali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaduturai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kahi heere	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kahi-keera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kahiheere balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kahire	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaippuppirkku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalalapu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalapu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kali tori	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kali-tori	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantgurka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
karavi tori	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
karbilori	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
karkashachhada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karkotaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karniti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karnitikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karvi tori	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karvi-tori	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karvi-turai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karvi-turi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karvitarui	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karvituri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katiyavisava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katuki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katukoshataki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
katusoshataki	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
kausataki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kecattiyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
keduhira	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
kesataki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ketola	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
khiyar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiritaveni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirukampali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirutacittiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirutacittirar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirutavetanai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiruttuvetan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirutukakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirutukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirutuvetan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirutuvetanan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ko sa ta ki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ko-sa-ta-ki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kocamam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kocari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kocarppam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kocavati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koccam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolakakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolunkiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolunkirikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kosataki	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kosh-ta-ki	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
koshataki	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koṣātakī (whole plant)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kratavedhana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krishna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kritachhidra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kritavedhana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kritawedhana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krtavedhana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krtavedhanah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshveda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ksvedah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ksweda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kṛtavedhanā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
laghukoshataki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
leef	Other	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
liane torchon	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ljufa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
loofah	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
luffa	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
luffa sponge	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
macukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
makacalini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malinavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maruluvikam	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maruvarikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maruvarikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mrdangaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mrdangaphalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mridangaphalika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naaga daali balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nacukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nacukatitakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narpikkankoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narpirkku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilappirkku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oyong	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pai-peerku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
papangaie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
patarkaykkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patarkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pate ghiraunla	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
patola	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pe-pirkkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peechhakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peerakai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peerkam kai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
peerkku	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pekankai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peppirakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
periyakocataki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
petola	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
petola hutan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
petola sagi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
petola sanding	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
petola segi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pey pirkkku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pey-p-pirkku ver	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peycci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peyirkam	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
peyppichukku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peyppirkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peyppirkku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piccil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piccinna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
picinna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
picukku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pikangai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pikumkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pikunkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pipangaie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pir	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pirankoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pirkkakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pirkkangai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pirkkankay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pirkkankoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pirkkil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pirkku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pitapushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puichenggah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puttalpiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
racakakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rajakosataki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rajakoshataki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rajimatphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rantorai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ranturai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ribbed gourd	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ribbed loofah	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ribbed luffa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ridged gourd	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ridged luffa	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sankirah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saptaputri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sataputi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sataputitorai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
satputia	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
sendubeerkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sendubirkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shiralla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shirola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
si gua luo	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
silin poloncha	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
silky gourd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sing-kwa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sinqua (melon)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
snake gourd	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sponge gourd	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
strainervine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sukosha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
supushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sushodhani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sutikta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
svadukosataki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
svaduphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tamarakkavam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tamarkkatam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tamarkkatavakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tamarkkavakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tamarkkavam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarada	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
tatukattu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tikta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiktakoshataki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiktakoshtaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
timput	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tinpirkku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiritosavinaci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tittikocataki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tokado-hechima	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
torai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tori	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
towel gourd	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
turai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
turiya	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
varippirkku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varri beera	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
vatarokaari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vegetable sponge	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
velakakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
velakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
verri beera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
verri-beera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
verri-birra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
verribira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yue si gua	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
zinga	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
丝瓜蒂	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
田螺厣	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苦瓜叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruits, Leaves, Roots, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Fruit, seed oil		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
leaves		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Leaf		Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
seed, fruit, leaves, root	juice	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
fibrous "skeleton" of mature fruit		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
whole plant	dried whole plant	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Leaf, Fruit (Fruit, Seed)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 25 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cucumis acutangulus L. Sp. Pl.: 1011 (1753).
Cucurbita umbellata J.G.Klein ex Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 608 (1805).
Luffa acutangula var. amara (Roxb.) C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 2: 615 (1879).
Luffa amara Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 715 (1832).
Luffa cattu-picinna Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 303 (1828).
Luffa foetida Cav. Icon. 1: 7 (1791).
Luffa forskalii Schweinf. ex Harms Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 19: 232 (1923).
Luffa umbellata (J.G.Klein ex Willd.) M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 63 (1846).
Cucumis lineatus Bosc J. Hist. Nat. 2: 251 (1792).
Cucumis megacarpus G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 28 (1834).
Cucumis operculatus Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 343 (1834).
Cucurbita acutangula (L.) Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 932 (1826).
Cucurbita campanulata D.Dietr. Syn. Plant. 5: 360 (1852).
Luffa acutangula f. amara (Roxb.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes Sandakania 17: 68 (2008).
Luffa acutangula var. forskalii (Schweinf. ex Harms) Heiser & E.E.Schill. Biotropica: 123 (1990).
Luffa drastica Mart. Syst. Mat. Med. Bras.: 81 (1843).
Luffa fluminensis M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 64 (1846).
Luffa forskalii Beck & F.Abel Wiener Ill. Gart.-Zeitung 16: 451 (1891).
Luffa gosa Buch.-Ham. in N.Wallich, Numer. List: n.° 6753 (1832).
Luffa hermaphrodita N.B.Singh & U.C.Bhattach. Baileya 11: 136 (1964).
Luffa kleinii Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 344 (1834).
Luffa plukenetiana Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 302 (1828).
Luffa tenera Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 219 (1835).
Momordica tubiflora Wall. Numer. List: n.° 6749 (1832), not validly publ.
Trichosanthes amara Blanco Fl. Filip.: 774 (1837), sensu auct.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cucumis acutangulus L.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cucurbita umbellata Klein ex Willd	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Luffa acutangula	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb. var. amara	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb. var. amara (Roxb.) Cl.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Luffa acutangula (L.)Roxb.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Luffa acutangula (L.)Roxb. amara (Roxb.)C.B.Clarke	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Luffa acutangula (Linn) Roxb var amara (Roxb) Clarke	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Luffa acutangula (Linn.) Roxb.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Luffa acutangula (Linn.) Roxb. var. amara (Roxb.) C. B. Clarke.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Luffa acutangula (Linn.) Roxburgh.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Luffa acutangula (Linnaeus) Roxburgh	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Luffa acutangula Roxb.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Luffa acutangula Roxburgh	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Luffa acutangula Roxburgh var. amara Clarke	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Luffa amara	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Luffa amara Roxb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Luffa cattu-puncinna Ser.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Luffa foetida Cav.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Luffa forskalii Schweinf. ex Harms	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Luffa umbellata (Klein ex Willd.)M.Roem.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Luffa umbellata M.Roem.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Luﬀa acutangula (L.) Roxb.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)

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