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CollectorEwing Elliott
Collector number8
CountryJapan
StateTokyo
GeographyAsia: East Asia (Region): Japan: Tokyo
LocalityChofu
Date Collected1946-09-24
Verbatim Elevationsea level
Habitatcultivated
ProjectHerbariomiX - Dior
GUIDhttp://purl.oclc.org/net/edu.harvard.huh/guid/uuid/e73f9488-f1a6-4403-beec-ca59ed4860d1
Harvard University Herbaria Barcode00589818
HerbariumA
Determination Luffa aegyptiaca Miller
Determination Remarks [is filed under name]
Determination Luffa cylindrica M. Roemer
Determination Remarks [is label name] [is Current name]
PhenologyFlower
Preparation TypeSheet
Preparation MethodPressed
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RemarksYoung fruit is edible; but not used by Japanese; FOOD USE: The young melon is chopped, boiled, washed with water and eaten with flavoring materials. Young leaves also said to be boiled washed with water and eaten. [recipe]; MEDICINAL USE: Sap oozing from the cut surface of the stem is gathered [continued on back of label][ethnobotanical data]