BISH 438353Botany

Luffa aegyptiaca

Sponge Gourd

As recorded: Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Cucurbitales › Cucurbitaceae

Collected by: Fosberg, F.R.
Collector number: 58731
Date: November 29, 1978
Locality: North central Nauru, Uaboe, .35 km in from coast
Island: Nauru Island
Region: Nauru
Identified by: Law, W.
Record type: Preserved specimen

37 Bishop specimens of Luffa aegyptiaca · collected 1909–2003Species page ›

Collected the same day

On November 29, 1978, Fosberg, F.R. also collected 21 other specimens.

Luffa aegyptiaca observed alive

This specimen was collected in 1978. 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 438353. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956631663. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/438353.

Record sources

GBIF occurrence 5956631663 ↗
Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
Last harvested October 26, 2026