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Botanical Name: Luffa cylendrica
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Family: Cucurbitaceae
Common Name: घोसावळे
Etymology - Genus: From the Arabic word Lufah or lufa
Etymology - Species: Cylindrical shape
Ecosystem: Annual
Origin: Native
Location: India
Description: Annual climber, grows very rapidly completing its lifecycle with a season. Stem grows thick with sharp hairs.Simple leaf with a presence of tendril at the leaf node. End of the tendril is split into 3 parts, which coils around the support.Pubescent leaf with 5-7 triangular lobes.Male flowers are borne at the end of the branch in a group of 5-10 flowers arranged in raceme inflorescence. Female flowers appear singly in a leaf axil.Male and female flowers are born on same plant. Bright yellow colour flower look spectacular.Minute hairs on petals. Female flower has a small oblong ovary below the calyx.Fruit is green, oblong, cylindrical and smooth. Differs from Luffa acutangula, which has ribs long fruit length.Many flat seeds are embedded in a pulp.
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Root type: Taproot
Stem Appearance: Climber
Stem Cross Section: Angled
Stem Texture: Green with sharp hair
Root-Stem-Bark Description: Annual climber, grows very rapidly completing its lifecycle with a season. Stem grows thick with sharp hairs.
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 02-Nov-2019 09:24 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 16-Oct-2019 15:29 PM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 02-Nov-2019 09:25 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 16-Oct-2019 15:30 PM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 16-Oct-2019 15:30 PM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 4 Photo Date-Time: 05-Dec-2021 16:22 PM
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Leaf - Characters
Attachment: Petiolate
Stipules: Tendrillar
Leaf Type: Simple
Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral
Leaf Description: Simple leaf with a presence of tendril at the leaf node. End of the tendril is split into 3 parts, which coils around the support.
Leaflet - Characters
Lamina: Palmate
Lamina Bases:
Lamina Margins: Serrate
Lamina Apices: Acute
Lamina Texture: Pubescent
Venation: Reticulate-Unicostate
Leaflet Description: Pubescent leaf with 5-7 triangular lobes.
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Photo Description: Male Flower
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Photo Description: Male Flower
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 3 Photo Date-Time: 16-Dec-2019 10:45 AM
Photo Description: Male Flower
Inflorescence - Characters
Inflorescence: Raceme
Bract:
Inflorescence Description: Male flowers are borne at the end of the branch in a group of 5-10 flowers arranged in raceme inflorescence. Female flowers appear singly in a leaf axil.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 3 Photo Date-Time: 23-Dec-2019 10:10 AM
Photo Description: Female flower
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Photo Description: Female flower
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Photo Description: Female flower
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 4 Photo Date-Time: 05-Dec-2021 16:21 PM
Photo Description: Female flower
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 3 Photo Date-Time: 23-Dec-2019 10:10 AM
Photo Description: Female flower
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Photo Description: Female flower
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Photo Description: Female flower
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 28-Oct-2019 10:28 AM
Photo Description: Male Flower
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 28-Oct-2019 10:28 AM
Photo Description: Male Flower
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Photo Description: Male Flower
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 4 Photo Date-Time: 05-Dec-2021 16:22 PM
Photo Description: Male Flower
Flower - Characters
Flower Type: Monoecious
Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic
Thalamus Types:
Position of Whorls: Epigynous
Aestivation:
Flower Description: Male and female flowers are born on same plant. Bright yellow colour flower look spectacular.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 3 Photo Date-Time: 23-Dec-2019 10:10 AM
Photo Description: Female flower
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 02-Nov-2019 09:24 AM
Photo Description: Male Flower
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 3 Photo Date-Time: 16-Dec-2019 10:45 AM
Photo Description: Male Flower
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 02-Nov-2019 09:25 AM
Photo Description: Male Flower
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 3 Photo Date-Time: 16-Dec-2019 10:45 AM
Photo Description: Male Flower
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 02-Nov-2019 09:25 AM
Photo Description: Male Flower
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 3 Photo Date-Time: 23-Dec-2019 10:11 AM
Photo Description: Male Flower
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 28-Oct-2019 10:29 AM
Photo Description: Male Flower
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 28-Oct-2019 10:29 AM
Photo Description: Male Flower
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 1 Photo Date-Time: 28-Oct-2019 10:29 AM
Photo Description: Male Flower
Floral Parts - Characters
Calyx Arrangement: Actinomorphic gamosepalous
Calyx Persistance:
Calyx Number of sepals: 5
Corolla Arrangement: Actinomorphic gamopetalous
Corolla Appendages: na
Corolla Number of petals: 5
Perianth Arrangement: na
Perianth Number of tepals: na
Androecium Attachment of anther:
Androecium Length of filament:
Androecium Union of Stamens:
Androecium Number of Stamens: 5
Gynoecium Placentation:
Gynoecium Union of Carpels:
Gynoecium Number of Carpels: 3
Floral Parts Description: Minute hairs on petals. Female flower has a small oblong ovary below the calyx.
Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 4 Photo Date-Time: 05-Dec-2021 16:20 PM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 25-Nov-2019 10:17 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 3 Photo Date-Time: 16-Dec-2019 10:44 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 2 Photo Date-Time: 25-Nov-2019 10:17 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 3 Photo Date-Time: 16-Dec-2019 10:44 AM
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Photo Credit: Mandar Joshi Record Count: 3 Photo Date-Time: 16-Dec-2019 10:44 AM
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Fruit type: Berry
Fruit type Description: Fruit is green, oblong, cylindrical and smooth. Differs from Luffa acutangula, which has ribs long fruit length.
Seed Type: Dicotyledon
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Seed Description: Many flat seeds are embedded in a pulp.
