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Internal ID UUID643ff3f1afcf2295092546
Scientific name Luffa sepium
Authority (G.Mey.) C.Jeffrey
First published in Kew Bull. 47: 742 (1992)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Luffa purgans Mart. Syst. Mat. Med. Bras. : 81 (1843)
Momordica purgans Mart. Reise Bras. 2: 546 (1828)
Cucumis sepium G.Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseq. : 278 (1818)

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  • Southern America
    • Brazil
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    • Caribbean
      • Netherlands Antilles
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World Flora Online wfo-0000358803
Tropicos 9201556
INPN 733164
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1076251-2
The Plant List kew-2338789
Observations.org 198767
NCBI Taxonomy 2806834
IPNI 1076251-2
iNaturalist 327902
GBIF 3622511
USDA GRIN 446730
Open Tree Of Life 3902351

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The Meaning of Plants' Names: A New Discovering Approach to Its Medicinal and/or Toxic Properties dos Santos Dantas Lima L, Felipe Domingues Passero L, Indriunas A, de Souza Santos I, Francisco Uchôa Coqueiro L, Alexandre Souza da Cruz K, Batista de Almeida A, Carlos Fernandes Galduróz J, Rodrigues E Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 19-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10896657
doi:10.1155/2024/6678557
PMID:38410808

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