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Luffa acutangula

Description
Life form	herb, vine	Physiology	C3 photosynthesis
Habit	climber/scrambler/scadent	Category	vegetables, materials, medicinals & aromatic
Life span	annual	Plant attributes	grown on small scale

Ecology
	Optimal		Absolute			Optimal	Absolute
	Min	Max	Min	Max	Soil depth	medium (50-150 cm)	shallow (20-50 cm)
Temperat. requir.	20	32	15	38	Soil texture	medium, organic	heavy, medium, light
Rainfall (annual)	1200	2000	700	3000	Soil fertility	high
Latitude	10	10	40	40	Soil Al. tox
Altitude	---	---	-	-	Soil salinity	low (<4 dS/m)	low (<4 dS/m)
Soil PH	5.5	7	4.5	7.5	Soil drainage	well (dry spells)	well (dry spells)
Light intensity	very bright	clear skies	very bright	cloudy skies

Climate zone	tropical wet & dry (Aw), tropical wet (Ar), subtropical humid (Cf), subtropical dry summer (Cs), subtropical dry winter (Cw)	Photoperiod	short day (<12 hours), neutral day (12-14 hours)
Killing temp. during rest	no input	Killing temp. early growth	no input
Abiotic toler.		Abiotic suscept.
Introduction risks.

Cultivation
			Min	Max
Product. system	home garden, small scale (manual)	Crop cycle	40	150
Cropping system	Subsystem	Companion species	Level of mechanization	Labour intensity

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Uses
Main use	Detailed use	Used part
food & beverage	vitamins	fruits
food & beverage	minerals	fruits
food & beverage	vitamins	bulbs
food & beverage	minerals	bulbs
food & beverage	vitamins	unspecified part
food & beverage	minerals	unspecified part
food & beverage	vitamins	flowers
food & beverage	minerals	flowers
food & beverage	vitamins	leaves
food & beverage	minerals	leaves
medicinal		fruits
medicinal		leaves
material	lipids/oil & fats	seeds
environmental	agroforestry	entire plant