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Luffa aegyptiaca
Sponge Gourd
As recorded: Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Cucurbitales › Cucurbitaceae
- Collected by
- Takamatsu, M.
- Collector number
- 154
- Date
- December 23, 1935
- Locality
- Dublon Island (Natsushima)
- Island
- Tonowas Island
- Region
- Chuuk State, Micronesia
- Identified by
- Law, W.
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Collected the same day
On December 23, 1935, Takamatsu, M. also collected 19 other specimens.
Abelmoschus moschatus
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Allophylus
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Atractocarpus carolinensis
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Bauhinia monandra
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Caladium bicolor
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Canavalia cathartica
Botany
Cynometra yokotae
Botany
Dendrobium okabeanum
Botany
Dendrobium ponapense
Botany
Dendrolobium umbellatum
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Derris trifoliata
Botany
Didymocheton alliaceus
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Fagraea berteroana
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Flacourtia rukam
Botany
Macaranga carolinensis
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Microsorum punctatum
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Rhaphidophora
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Rhaphidophora
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Robiquetia trukensis
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Luffa aegyptiaca observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1935. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 1,987 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-10-19.
2026-10-19
4799+3J9, Raninagar, Cossimbazar, Kasim Bazar, Berhampore, West Bengal 742102, India
(c) Suvradeep Mandal, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-18
648台灣雲林縣西螺鎮西螺水利會
(c) 祐, some rights reserved (CC BY)
2026-10-09
Culiacán Rosales, Sin., México
(c) Marco Polo amarillas vargas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-09
Culiacán, Sin., México
(c) marthajudithosunablancas, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-09
Dalian, Liaoning, CN
(c) Mike Yan, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
2026-10-02
臺灣島, 溪湖鎮, 彰化縣, TW
(c) 巫炘哲, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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Cite this specimen
Luffa aegyptiaca. BISH 140119. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956168104. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/140119.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956168104 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026