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Luffa cylindrica

Scientific Name
Luffa cylindrica
Family Name
Cucurbitaceae
Common Names
Local Names
Patolang bilog (Philippines), Niyan wetakolu (Sri Lanka)
Description
Annual, tendril climber with 5-angled, stout. twisted stems, young pans slightlypubescent; leaves simple. alternate, large. 10-20cm long, orbicular in outline, oftenbroader than long. very cordate at base. usually more or less 7-lobed, lobes acute,distantly denticulate, finely scabrous on both sides; petioles 2.5-7.5cm long, angular, slightly scabrous; flowers regular, yellow, unisexual, monoecious; male flowers: numerous in racemes 10-20cm long, pedicels 0.6 -1.2cm long, pubescent wilh a small fleshy bract near the base bearing 3 or 4 large immersed glands, buds pointed; sepals 5. fused inio a cup-shaped calyx-tube, segments lanceolate, acuminate; petals 5, connate more than half-way up. obovate-oblong; stamens 5, distinct; female flowers solitary, over 5cm long on peduncles 7,5-10cm in length; calyx segments lanceolate, acute, tube produced a little beyond the ovary: petals obovate-oblong; ovary inferior, oblong cylindrical, glabrous or pubescent, style short, thick, stigmas large; fruit very large, 15 - -30cm or more long, cylindrical or somewhat trigonous, not ribbed, blunt at the end; seeda oval, about I 2cm long, much compressed, narrowly winged, grey, rough on the sides.Flowers in July. (Sri Lanka)
Uses
Arthritis, tooth ache, hypertension (Philippines)
Amenorrhea (Sri Lanka)
Locations Where Plants Is Conserved
Sri Lanka - Naula, Meegahak, Pinna
Remarks
Luffa cylindrica (GRIN)

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