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Luffa acutangula

Plant photographs and field observations.

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Species notes

About Luffa acutangula

Luffa acutangula (also recorded as Chinese Okra) is an accepted species in the family Cucurbitaceae, within the order Cucurbitales. Checklist records aggregated by GBIF list it from Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Caroline Is., Chad, Chagos Archipelago, and China South-Central. The photographs can be compared for visible features such as growth habit, leaf arrangement, stems, flowers and fruit.

Common name
Chinese Okra
Family
Cucurbitaceae
Order
Cucurbitales
Identification rank
Species
Recorded distribution
Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Caroline Is., Chad, Chagos Archipelago, China South-Central

Taxonomy source: GBIF Backbone Taxonomy