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Luffa aegyptiaca
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species of plant
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*Luffa aegyptiaca* Mill. is a species of plant in the family Cucurbitaceae. It belongs to the genus *Luffa* and is classified within the order Cucurbitales, class Magnoliopsida, and phylum Tracheophyta. Common names for this organism include sponge gourd, luffa, 絲瓜, 丝瓜, and 水瓜. The species has documented uses as a medicinal plant, vegetable, and food.
The native range of *L. aegyptiaca* includes Assam, Bangladesh, East Himalaya, India, and West Himalaya. Taxonomic records also list China, Fujian, Tibet Autonomous Region, and Guangdong within its range. The species has been described in the New International Encyclopedia.
Occurrence data indicates 7,979 records, while another dataset reports 1,068 records with 628 media items from institutions in Mexico, including CICY, UACH, DCBS-DICTUS-USON, INECOL, and FC-UNAM.
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Species
Luffa aegyptiaca
SPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCucurbitales
- FamilyCucurbitaceae
Belustru (Luffa aegyptiaca, suku labu-labuan atau Cucurbitaceae), adalah sayuran buah minor (bukan utama). Penanamannya biasanya di pekarangan atau bagian ladang yang tidak digunakan untuk tanaman lain. Belustru biasanya dipanen ketika buahnya masak dan dimanfaatkan sebagai sepon pembersih waktu mandi. Buahnya yang masih muda juga bisa dimakan seperti gambas (Luffa acutangula), kerabatnya. Beberapa pihak meyebutnya sebagai luffa. Di Indonesia, belustru mempunyai nama-nama seperti blustru (Melayu), hurung jawa, ketolang, dan timput (Palembang). Di Jawa, dikenal dengan sebutan-sebutan seperti lopang, oyong (Sunda), bestru,[2] blestru, dan blustru. Di Maluku, dikenal dengan nama-nama seperti: dodahala (Halmahera), petola cina dan petola panjang.[3] Referensi ^ Kesalahan pengutipan: Tag tidak sah; tidak ditemukan teks untuk ref bernama grin ^ Dharma, A.P. (1987). Indonesian Medicinal Plants [Tanaman-Tanaman Obat Indonesia] (dalam bahasa Inggris). hal.46 – 47. Jakarta: Balai Pustaka. ISBN 979-407-032-7. ^ Dalimartha, Setiawan (2000). Atlas Tumbuhan Obat Indonesia 2:17 – 24. Jakarta: Trubus Agriwidya. ISBN 979-661-065-5. Artikel bertopik tumbuhan ini adalah sebuah rintisan. Anda dapat me
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,068
- With media
- 628
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Collections
- CICY, UACH, DCBS-DICTUS-USON, INECOL, FC-UNAM
- Recorded in
- Mexico
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Luffa
- Image
- "+arya+" bestru blustru sponge gourd ꦧꦼꦱ꧀ꦠꦿꦸ ꦧ꧀ꦭꦸꦱ꧀ꦠꦿꦸ pilangsari 2019 6.jpg
- Has use
- food
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- Luffa aegyptiaca
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- Luffa aegyptiaca
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- Luffa aegyptiaca
- taxon common name
- 天罗水
- described by source
- New International Encyclopedia
- taxon range
- Angola
- short name
- L. aegyptiaca
- taxon author citation
- Mill.
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/c87068b8-7db7-49bf-b33e-eb51ffbe6345
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Encyclopedic overview
Leaves, flower and fruit of a luffa
Luffa aegyptiaca, the sponge gourd, Egyptian cucumber or Vietnamese luffa, is an annual species of vine cultivated for its fruit, native to South and Southeast Asia.
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