- Luffa acutangula
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Luffa acutangula 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Cucurbitales Family: Cucurbitaceae Genus: Luffa Species: L. acutangula Binomial name Luffa acutangula
(L.) Roxb.Luffa acutangula (Angled luffa, Ridged luffa, Vegetable Gourd, Silk squash, Sin qua) is a species of Luffa. It is commercially grown for its unripe fruits as a vegetable. Mature fruits are used to make cleaning sponges. Its fruit slightly resembles a cucumber with ridges. It ranges from central Asia and eastern Asia to southeastern Asia. They also grown as houseplants in places with colder climates.
Common names
- Assamese: জিকা (jeeka[verification needed])
- Bengali as Jhingge (ঝিঙে) or Jhinga (ঝিঙ্গা) [1][2][3]
- Burmese: ဗြူးဒါး (bju: da: [bjú dá]), also ပုံလုံ (boun loun [bòuɴ lòuɴ])
- Hindi: Turai, Tori
- Kannada: Eere kayi
- Khmer: ននោងជ្រុង ([nɔnooŋ cruŋ])
- Lao: ລອຽ ([lɔ́ːj]) or mark noy (ໝາກນອຍ)
- Vietnamese: mướp khía.
- Tamil: Pirkanga
- Telugu: beera kaaya
- Thai: บวบเหลี่ยม: Buap liyam
- Marathi: dodaki दोडकी
- Konkani: Gossale
- Indonesian: gambas, oyong
- Javanese: oyong
- Mandarin Chinese: 广东丝瓜 (pinyin: Guǎngdōngsīguā)
- Malayalam : Peechinga
Also[verification needed]: Turia, Gisuri.
References
- ^ Dash, N. S., (2005), Corpus linguistics and language technology: with reference to Indian languages, Mittal Publication, India, p. 188.
- ^ Niir Board, Compendium of medicinal plants, National Institute of Industrial Research, India, p. 358.
- ^ Ong, H. C., (2008), Vegetables for health and healing, Utusan Publications & Distributors Sdn Bhd, Kuala Lumpur, p. 30.
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