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What

Angled Luffa (Luffa acutangula)

Observer

shiwalee

Date

September 13, 2020 12:23 PM IST

Description

Luffa acutangula var. amara (Roxb.) C.B.Clarke
This is a wild variety of Luffa acutangula with much smaller leaves and smaller fruit(about 6 inches and 1-1.5 inches thick, obovoid, obtusely conical at both ends. But it is not (atleast the mature fruit) bitter as mentioned by Theodore Cooke in Flora of Bombay Presidency Vol 1.

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