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(Upload on February 15 2024) [ 日本語 | English ]

Luffa Mill. (ヘチマ) Hechima (ヘチマ, 糸瓜), luffa, loofah or loofa Itouri/Touri (糸瓜) Lifeform: annual vine, developing tendrils Origin: India - southeastern Asia (imported from China to Japan in Muromachi Era) Habitat: not known in a wild situation

Flower: diclinism (雌雄異花同株) Chromosome number: 2n = 96 and others Use: edible fruit, loofah water, fiber scrub brush, educational tool for studying flower morphology Synonyms: Luffa cylindrica M. Roem. Cucurbita luffa hort. Momordica luffa L., basionym

Luffa aegyptiaca in Hokkaido

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[1-3] in a parking lot along a radoside at East Ward (N24/E1) in Sapporo City on September 25 2023.