Species profile—Luffa aegyptiaca
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Cucurbitaceae → Luffa aegyptiaca
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Scientific name
- Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 27803
- Alternate name(s)
- Egyptian sponge gourd
vegetable sponge
towel gourd
sponge gourd
loofa - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Confidential
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=27803.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
