*Luffa acutangula* (L.) Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3:713. 1832.  var.* acutangula*
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Differs from Luffa cylindrica in its pale yellow flowers, 3 stamens and 
acutely 10-angled fruit. Differs from var. amara in distinctly emarginate 
petals and longer fruits (10-40 cm x 5-8 cm as against 5-8 x 3-4 cm in var. 
amara).

Photographed from Delhi.

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Gurcharan Singh

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