Luffa aegyptiaca: common name details from PIER

Common name/Language/Location

Common name	Language	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
aroro	Tahitian	Society Islands	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 94)
atiuaea	Tahitian	Society Islands	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 94)
calabazo	Spanish	?	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
courge torchon	French	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
dish-cloth gourd	English	?	Thaman, R. R./Fosberg, F. R./Manner, H. I./Hassall, D. C. (1994) (p. 124)
dishrag gourd	English	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
éponge végétale	French	?	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
esponga	Spanish	?	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
esponja	Spanish	?	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
estropajo	Spanish	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
fangu ‘a kuma	Tongan	Tonga Islands	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 260)
gourde serviette	French	?	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
huaroro	Tahitian	Society Islands	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 94)
huerhaho	Tahitian	Society Islands	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 94)
loofah	English	?	Smith, Albert C. (1981) (p. 682)
mafa‘i	Wallisian	Wallis and Futuna Islands	Whistler, W. A. (1988) (p. 16)	?
mafa‘i	Tongan	Tonga Islands	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 260)
meleni vao	Samoan	Ofu Island	Yuncker, T. G. (1945) (p. 66)
mororof	Chuukese	Chuuk Islands	Merlin, M./Juvik, J. (1996) (p. 98)
papengaye	French	?	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
paste	Spanish	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
pétole	French	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
pō‘ue	Maori (Cook Islands)	Mangaia Island	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 393)
pō‘ue	Maori (Cook Islands)	Ma‘uke Island	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 393)
pō‘ue	Maori (Cook Islands)	Miti‘aro Island	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 393)
puru	Maori (Cook Islands)	Cook Islands	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 395)
rag gourd	English	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
scrubber gourd	English	?	Thaman, R. R./Fosberg, F. R./Manner, H. I./Hassall, D. C. (1994) (p. 124)
smooth loofah	English	?	Smith, Albert C. (1981) (p. 682)
sponge cucumber	English	?	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
sponge gourd	English	?	Vander Velde, Nancy (2003) (p. 89)
towel gourd	English	?	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
vegetable sponge	English	?	Whistler, W. A. (1988) (p. 16)
wild vegetable sponge	English	?	Vander Velde, Nancy (2003) (p. 89)

Language/Location/Common name

Language	Location	Common name	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
Chuukese	Chuuk Islands	mororof	Merlin, M./Juvik, J. (1996) (p. 98)
English	?	dish-cloth gourd	Thaman, R. R./Fosberg, F. R./Manner, H. I./Hassall, D. C. (1994) (p. 124)
English	?	dishrag gourd	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
English	?	loofah	Smith, Albert C. (1981) (p. 682)
English	?	rag gourd	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
English	?	scrubber gourd	Thaman, R. R./Fosberg, F. R./Manner, H. I./Hassall, D. C. (1994) (p. 124)
English	?	smooth loofah	Smith, Albert C. (1981) (p. 682)
English	?	sponge cucumber	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
English	?	sponge gourd	Vander Velde, Nancy (2003) (p. 89)
English	?	towel gourd	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
English	?	vegetable sponge	Whistler, W. A. (1988) (p. 16)
English	?	wild vegetable sponge	Vander Velde, Nancy (2003) (p. 89)
French	?	courge torchon	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
French	?	éponge végétale	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
French	?	gourde serviette	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
French	?	papengaye	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
French	?	pétole	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
Maori (Cook Islands)	Cook Islands	puru	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 395)
Maori (Cook Islands)	Mangaia Island	pō‘ue	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 393)
Maori (Cook Islands)	Ma‘uke Island	pō‘ue	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 393)
Maori (Cook Islands)	Miti‘aro Island	pō‘ue	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 393)
Samoan	Ofu Island	meleni vao	Yuncker, T. G. (1945) (p. 66)
Spanish	?	calabazo	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
Spanish	?	esponga	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
Spanish	?	esponja	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
Spanish	?	estropajo	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
Spanish	?	paste	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
Tahitian	Society Islands	aroro	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 94)
Tahitian	Society Islands	atiuaea	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 94)
Tahitian	Society Islands	huaroro	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 94)
Tahitian	Society Islands	huerhaho	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 94)
Tongan	Tonga Islands	fangu ‘a kuma	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 260)
Tongan	Tonga Islands	mafa‘i	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 260)
Wallisian	Wallis and Futuna Islands	mafa‘i	Whistler, W. A. (1988) (p. 16)	?

Location/Language/Common name

Location	Language	Common name	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
?	English	dish-cloth gourd	Thaman, R. R./Fosberg, F. R./Manner, H. I./Hassall, D. C. (1994) (p. 124)
?	English	dishrag gourd	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
?	English	loofah	Smith, Albert C. (1981) (p. 682)
?	English	rag gourd	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
?	English	scrubber gourd	Thaman, R. R./Fosberg, F. R./Manner, H. I./Hassall, D. C. (1994) (p. 124)
?	English	smooth loofah	Smith, Albert C. (1981) (p. 682)
?	English	sponge cucumber	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
?	English	sponge gourd	Vander Velde, Nancy (2003) (p. 89)
?	English	towel gourd	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
?	English	vegetable sponge	Whistler, W. A. (1988) (p. 16)
?	English	wild vegetable sponge	Vander Velde, Nancy (2003) (p. 89)
?	French	courge torchon	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
?	French	éponge végétale	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
?	French	gourde serviette	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
?	French	papengaye	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
?	French	pétole	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
?	Spanish	calabazo	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
?	Spanish	esponga	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
?	Spanish	esponja	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
?	Spanish	estropajo	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
?	Spanish	paste	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
Chuuk Islands	Chuukese	mororof	Merlin, M./Juvik, J. (1996) (p. 98)
Cook Islands	Maori (Cook Islands)	puru	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 395)
Mangaia Island	Maori (Cook Islands)	pō‘ue	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 393)
Ma‘uke Island	Maori (Cook Islands)	pō‘ue	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 393)
Miti‘aro Island	Maori (Cook Islands)	pō‘ue	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 393)
Ofu Island	Samoan	meleni vao	Yuncker, T. G. (1945) (p. 66)
Society Islands	Tahitian	aroro	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 94)
Society Islands	Tahitian	atiuaea	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 94)
Society Islands	Tahitian	huaroro	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 94)
Society Islands	Tahitian	huerhaho	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 94)
Tonga Islands	Tongan	fangu ‘a kuma	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 260)
Tonga Islands	Tongan	mafa‘i	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 260)
Wallis and Futuna Islands	Wallisian	mafa‘i	Whistler, W. A. (1988) (p. 16)	?

Language/Common name/Location

Language	Common name	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
Chuukese	mororof	Chuuk Islands	Merlin, M./Juvik, J. (1996) (p. 98)
English	dish-cloth gourd	?	Thaman, R. R./Fosberg, F. R./Manner, H. I./Hassall, D. C. (1994) (p. 124)
English	dishrag gourd	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
English	loofah	?	Smith, Albert C. (1981) (p. 682)
English	rag gourd	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
English	scrubber gourd	?	Thaman, R. R./Fosberg, F. R./Manner, H. I./Hassall, D. C. (1994) (p. 124)
English	smooth loofah	?	Smith, Albert C. (1981) (p. 682)
English	sponge cucumber	?	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
English	sponge gourd	?	Vander Velde, Nancy (2003) (p. 89)
English	towel gourd	?	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
English	vegetable sponge	?	Whistler, W. A. (1988) (p. 16)
English	wild vegetable sponge	?	Vander Velde, Nancy (2003) (p. 89)
French	courge torchon	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
French	éponge végétale	?	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
French	gourde serviette	?	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
French	papengaye	?	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
French	pétole	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
Maori (Cook Islands)	pō‘ue	Mangaia Island	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 393)
Maori (Cook Islands)	pō‘ue	Ma‘uke Island	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 393)
Maori (Cook Islands)	pō‘ue	Miti‘aro Island	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 393)
Maori (Cook Islands)	puru	Cook Islands	Whistler, W. A. (1990) (p. 395)
Samoan	meleni vao	Ofu Island	Yuncker, T. G. (1945) (p. 66)
Spanish	calabazo	?	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
Spanish	esponga	?	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
Spanish	esponja	?	Hafliger, Toni J./Wolf, Matthias (1988) (p. 237)
Spanish	estropajo	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
Spanish	paste	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2007)
Tahitian	aroro	Society Islands	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 94)
Tahitian	atiuaea	Society Islands	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 94)
Tahitian	huaroro	Society Islands	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 94)
Tahitian	huerhaho	Society Islands	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 94)
Tongan	fangu ‘a kuma	Tonga Islands	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 260)
Tongan	mafa‘i	Tonga Islands	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 260)
Wallisian	mafa‘i	Wallis and Futuna Islands	Whistler, W. A. (1988) (p. 16)	?

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