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)
blustru	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
brihatkoshataki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cattu-picinna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
courge torchon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
estropajo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ghadaghosali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghia tori	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 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)
gourd towel	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
khujar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
loofa	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
loofah	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
patola	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
petola bulat	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
petola panjang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rag gourd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ser gyi pü bu	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
si gua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
si gua luo	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
smooth loofah	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sponskomkommer	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
susemioi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
taboboc	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
vegetable-sponge	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
གསེར་གྱི་ཕུད་བུ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
‫ليف‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)

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 44 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 cylindrica var. multiflora (Spreng.) Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 1186 (1929).
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.
Cucurbita multiflora Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 45 (1826).
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 arabum Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 497 (1821).
Luffa clavata Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 714 (1832).
Luffa cordata Meisn. ex M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 67 (1846).
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 foetida Schrad. Linnaea 12: 405 (1838), nom. illeg.
Luffa fricatoria Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mexic., ed. 2: 227 (1894).
Luffa hederacea Wall. ex G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 29 (1834).
Luffa jacquinii Schrad. Linnaea 12: 405 (1838).
Luffa leucosperma M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 63 (1846).
Luffa luffa (L.) A.Lyons Pl. Nam.: 231 (1900).
Luffa parvala Buch.-Ham. in N.Wallich, Numer. List: n.° 6758 (1832).
Luffa parvula Buch.-Ham. ex G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 29 (1834).
Luffa racemosa Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 715 (1832).
Luffa satpatia Buch.-Ham. ex G.Don Gen. Hist. 3: 29 (1834).
Luffa scabra Schumach. & Thonn. Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 405 (1827).
Luffa striata Schrad. Linnaea 11(Lit.): 88 (1837).
Luffa subangulata Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 667 (1856).
Luffa veitchii Naudin Rev. Hort. (Paris) 45: 58 (1873).
Luffa vittata Zipp. ex Span. Linnaea 15: 206 (1841), nom. nud.
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 (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.	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) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Luffa aegyptiaca Mill. ex Hook.f.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Luffa aegyptiaca Miller	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Luffa aegyptiaca Miller peramara Bailey	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Luffa aegyptiaca Miller.	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
Luffa aegyptiaca P. Mill.	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Luffa aegyptiaca P. Miller.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Luffa aegyptiace	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Luffa aegyptica Mill.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Luffa cylindrica (L.)M.Roemer insularum (A.Gray)Cogn.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Luffa cylindrica (L.)M.Roemer leiocarpa Naudin	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Luffa cylindrica (L.)M.Roemer multiflora Domin	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Luffa insularum A.Gray	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Luffa leiocarpa (Naudin)F.Muell.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Luffa pentandra Roxb.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Luffa petola Ser.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Luffa sylvestris Miq.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Luﬀa aegyptiaca Mill.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)

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