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Revision as of 20:14, 24 September 2019

Vines climbing to 10 m; tendrils mostly 3-branched; stems 5-angled, scabrous along ribs. Leaves: petiole 8–12 cm; blade light green, suborbiculate, shallowly 5–7-lobed, 15–20 × 13–20 cm, lobes suborbiculate to broadly ovate, oblong-ovate, oblong-triangular, or depressed-ovate, margins irregularly and coarsely dentate, apex rounded, surfaces glabrous. Staminate racemes 10–20-flowered, 10–15 cm; peduncles and pedicels erect to spreading. Flowers 4–5 cm diam.; hypanthium 5–10 mm, sepals equaling to slightly longer than tube; petals pale yellow, 20–25 mm, apex truncate to shallowly emarginate; stamens 3; filaments 4 mm. Pepos narrowly clavate, 10-angled, (10–)15–30(–45) × 5–8 cm. Seeds black, beaked, 10–12 × 6–8 mm, surfaces rugose, glabrous, beak margins obscurely winged. 2n = 26.


Phenology: Flowering Aug–Oct.
Habitat: Gardens, fields, trash heaps, cultivated in home gardens, abandoned plantings
Elevation: 10–200 m

Distribution

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La., Va., Asia (Pakistan), introduced also in West Indies, Central America, South America, elsewhere in Asia, Africa, Indian Ocean Islands, Pacific Islands, Australia.

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Guy L. Nesom +
Cucumis acutangulus +
La. +, Va. +, Asia (Pakistan) +, introduced also in West Indies +, Central America +, South America +, elsewhere in Asia +, Africa +, Indian Ocean Islands +, Pacific Islands +  and Australia. +
10–200 m +
Gardens, fields, trash heaps, cultivated in home gardens, abandoned plantings +
Flowering Aug–Oct. +
Fl. Ind. ed. +
Introduced +
Luffa acutangula var. acutangula +
Luffa acutangula +
variety +