Cucurbitaceae Week :: Luffa echinata in Thane

[Dinesh Valke]

Luffa echinata Roxb.

• LUF-fuh -- from the Arabic word lufah or lufa
  ek-in-AY-tuh -- prickly
  ... Dave's Botanary
  

Sep 13, 2008 ... along Ghodbunder Road near Gaimukh, Thane, Maharashtra

commonly known as: bitter luffa, bristly luffa, rag gourd • Bengali: deyatada • Hindi: बिन्दाल bindaal, घागरबेल ghagarbel, ककोड़ा kakora • Kannada: ದೈವದಾಳಿ daivadaali • Marathi: देवदाली devadali, देवडांगरी devadangari, कुकडवेल kukadvel, कुंजलता kunjalata • Sanskrit: जीमूतः jimuta • Tamil: பேய்ப்பீர்க்கு pey-p-pirkku • Telugu: panibira • Urdu: بندال bindaal

Native to: northern tropical Africa, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh

References: Flowers of India • eFlora • IMPGC • ENVIS - FRLHT • DDSA


more views:

• Sep 13, 2008 ... along Ghodbunder Road near Gaimukh, Thane, Maharashtra
  
• Sep 12, 2009 ... along NH8 near Sasunavghar, Thane
  

Regards.
Dinesh

[Gurcharan Singh]

Really interesting plant, Dinesh i

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