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'''Luffa acutangula''' is a vigorous annual climbing plant producing long stems that scramble over the ground or climb into nearby vegetation, supporting themselves by means of tendrils.
==Uses==
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=|en=Sinkwa towelsponge|gu=|hi=Turai|kn=Eere kay|ks=|ml=Peechinga|mr=|pa=|ta=Pirkanga|te=Beera kaaya}}
==Properties==
===Dravya===
===Rasa===
===Guna===
==Habit==
{{Habit|Annual Climberclimber}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Simple|Alternate|Leaves pale green, roundish, palmately 5-7-lobed, 15-20 cm across, glabrous; petiole 8-12 cm long.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|Unisexual|4.5 cm across, Axillary|Yellow|Flowers pale yellow, pedicellate, c. 4.5 cm across. Male raceme 10-15 cm long, erect, axillary 10-20-flowered, female flowers solitary in same axil as males.}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Gourd|(10-) 15-30 (-45) cm long, 6-10 cm in diameter||10-angled. |Seeds black, 10-12 mm long, 6-8 mm broad, rugose, emarginate.|}}
===Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==
* [[Patolamooladi kashayam]]
* [[Mahamanjishtadi kashayam]]
<ref name="Ayurvedic preparations"/>
==Where to get the saplings==
==How to plant/cultivate==
A plant of the lowland tropics, where it can be grown at elevations up to 500 metres. It grows best in areas where annual daytime temperatures are within the range 20 - 32°c, but can tolerate 15 - 38°.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
==Photo Gallery==
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</gallery>
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">[http://www.stuartxchange.org/Patola.html"chemistry"Chemistry]</ref>
<ref name="Leaf">[FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan BOTANIC DESCRIPTION </ref><ref name="morphologyAyurvedic preparations">[https://easyayurveda.com/2016/09/21/ridge-gourd-luffa-acutangula-benefits-research/ Ayurvedic preparations]</ref>
<ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Luffa+acutangula "Cultivation"]</ref>
</references>
* [https://uses.plantnet-project.org/en/Luffa_acutangula_(PROTA) Luffa acutangula on Plantnet-project.org]
[[Category:Herbs]]
[[Category:Ayurvedic herbs that don't have seed photos]]
[[Category:Cucurbitaceae]]
