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Luffa operculata

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

(Linnaeus) Cogniaux

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Brazil
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Mexico
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Peru
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Fences
• bushes

Flowering Times

• Oct (Mexico)

Fruiting Times

Climber to 10m+ with simple to trifid tendrils. Scabrous 5-lobed toothed leaves. 6-10 flowered inflorescence, petals to 10mm long. Tuberculated beaked fruit with spines, deciduous beak

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• FOPE
• USNH