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Record 1 2018-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
Luffa acutangula
Latin
OBS

Leaves angled, but little if at all lobed except on young shoots; ... fruit club-shaped, 1 foot long or less, strongly 10- angled, seeds wrinkled, wingless.

OBS

Young fruits used for food in the Orient.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Luffa acutangula
Latin
CONT

Une autre espèce de courge-torchon Luffa acutangula Roxb. (L. fœtida Cav.) connue sous le nom de papengaye est également cultivée dans de nombreuses régions tropicales. Les fruits de cette espèce sont oblongs et présentent 10 côtes saillantes. Ils ont la même utilisation que ceux de L. cylindrica.

Spanish

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