Luffa hermaphrodita Luffa hermaphrodita are characterized by flowering in bunches with 7–15 flowers; however, only 3–8 ultimately develop into fruits. The cultivars of this species also are polymorphic with respect to their fruit morphology (no. of fruits per inflorescence; shape; size). The fruits are very small (fruit length 5.5–8.2 cm) with faint ridge markings on the surface. The seed is black, shiny, smooth, linearovoid with a narrow beak, all the characters confirming the identity of these accessions as L. hermaphrodita.
Luffa hermaphrodita, which is a hermaphrodite species bearing bisexual fl owers, is easily crossable with L. acutangula with fertile hybrids (Umesh, 1995). Generally, the cultivars bear seven fruits in each infl orescence and this appears to be a constant feature. Based on this trait, it is locally called “satputria” or “satputiya” meaning seven children (Ajmal Ali and Pandey, 2005–06). Luffa hermaphrodita: First Report of its Distribution and Cultivation in Adilabad, Andhra Pradesh, South India SR Pandravada, N Sivaraj, R Jairam, N Sunil, Hameedunnisa Begum, M Thirupathi Reddy, SK Chakrabarty, IS Bisht, and KC Bansal On Wed 27 Jun, 2018, 1:30 PM Sarman Ratiya, <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friends, > > I'd plz > Vegetables of Cucurbitaceae family > Location - Porbandar (Gujarat) > Date - May - 2018 > > Regards, > Sarman Ratiya > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
