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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.
 
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{{Leaf|Simple|alternate|Leaves pale green, roundish, palmately 5-7-lobed, 15-20 cm across, glabrous; petiole 8-12 cm long. Probracts fleshy with 3-10, glistening glands on upper surface, 3-7 mm long, 2-4 mm broad.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
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{{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.}}
  
 
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Latest revision as of 17:35, 5 June 2020

Bitter Luffa (3976638416).jpg

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

Parts Used

Chemical Composition

Fruit contains a bitter principle, luffeine - Seed contains a fixed oil of glycerides of palmitic, stearic, and myristic acids[1]

Common names

Language Common name
Kannada Eere kay
Hindi Turai
Malayalam Peechinga
Tamil Pirkanga
Telugu Beera kaaya
Marathi
Gujarathi
Punjabi
Kashmiri
Sanskrit
English Sinkwa towelsponge


Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Identification

Leaf

Kind Shape Feature
Simple Alternate Leaves pale green, roundish, palmately 5-7-lobed, 15-20 cm across, glabrous; petiole 8-12 cm long.

[2]

Flower

Type Size Color and composition Stamen More information
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. {{{5}}}

Fruit

Type Size Mass Appearance Seeds More information
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

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

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°.[4]

Commonly seen growing in areas

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Photo Gallery

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  • Divali (Marathi- दिवाळी) (2810805876).jpg
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References

  1. ↑ Chemistry
  2. ↑ FLOWERING PLANTS OF KERALA VER.2, N. Sasidharan BOTANIC DESCRIPTION
  3. ↑ Ayurvedic preparations
  4. ↑ Cultivation

External Links

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