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Luffa clavata R.

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Date

1795-1804

Artist

Unknown Artist (Company School)

Collection

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew : The Roxburgh Collection

Acknowledgements

Digitised by TWW

Description

ROX1692.
In his 'Flora Indica', Roxburgh describes this species as a native of Hindoosthan. Roxburgh also notes that seeds were 'sent by Colonel Alexander Kyd at Allahabad to the Botanic garden at Calcutta, where the plants blossom and produce fruit during the cold season', and also that the 'unripe fruit is eaten by the natives'.
Roxburgh, 'Flora Indica' (1832) v.3, p.714.

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Location

South Asia

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Flora
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Plants

Category

Glossary
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