Cucurbitaceae
Bitter sponge
Luffa echinata
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Luffa
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Common names
By language (5)
- Burmese
- ခဝဲပြဒါး
- English
- Bitter sponge, Bristly luffa, Devadali
- Malayalam
- ദേവതാളി
- Russian
- Люффа колючая
- shn
- မၢၵ်ႇၼွႆးထိူၼ်ႇ
Synonyms
- Luffa bendaul Roxb.
- Luffa bindaal Roxb.
- Luffa bondel Buch.-Ham. ex Steud.
- Momordica erinocarpa Fenzl ex Naudin
Flowers
- In flower
- September (from 5 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: sonu kumar, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SarKaLay စာကလေး, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.