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Luffa umbellata
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Family:
CUCURBITACEAE
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Citation: Luffa umbellata (Klein) Roem., Syn. Monogr. 2: 63. 1846; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 534(377). 1919; Chakrav., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 11: 75. 1982.
Cucurbita umbellata Klein in Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 608. 1805.
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Description:
Annuals, stems elongate, sulcate, glabrous. Leaves alternate, 3-5 cm long and as broad, ovate-cordate, slightly 3-5- lobed, acute, subulate, dentate; petioles 6-12 cm long, slender, glabrous or puberulous. Tendrils puberulous, bifid. Flowers white. Male flowers: peduncles 15-28 cm long, 4-10-flowered, usually slender, glabrous; pedicels 0.5-2.0 cm long. Stamens 3, filaments of two, bifid below the anther. Female flowers: peduncles 0.5-1.0 cm long. Fruit short, ecostate, densely long spinous, spines densely woolly.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-October
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District(s):
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Along bushes and hedges
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats (Kerala)
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
Endangered (EN)
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