*Luffa echinata * Roxb.
- *LUF-fuh* -- from the Arabic word *lufah* or *lufa* *ek-in-AY-tuh* -- prickly ... Dave's Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf-XnKALJLi4ZvWhItDcjW2mcyZrg> [image: Bristly Luffa]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2855860040%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdh_ePqtU7uHxhcqKgn04mTdj5Jmw> Sep 13, 2008 ... along Ghodbunder Road near Gaimukh, Thane, Maharashtra *commonly known as*: bitter luffa, bristly luffa, rag gourd • *Bengali*: deyatada • *Hindi*: बिन्दाल bindaal, घागरबेल ghagarbel, ककोड़ा kakora • * Kannada*: ದೈವದಾಳಿ daivadaali • *Marathi*: देवदाली devadali, देवडांगरी devadangari, कुकडवेल kukadvel, कुंजलता kunjalata • *Sanskrit*: जीमूतः jimuta • *Tamil*: பேய்ப்பீர்க்கு pey-p-pirkku • *Telugu*: panibira • *Urdu*: بندال bindaal *Native to*: northern tropical Africa, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh *References*: Flowers of India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FBitter%2520Sponge%2520Gourd.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEze79pamzsKRu3hYbtZV1ZdDY2kxOQ>• eFlora<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.efloras.org%2Fflorataxon.aspx%3Fflora_id%3D5%26taxon_id%3D242426430&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdUfBxVDqz0b__FoNdZr0VdLtVDgw>• IMPGC<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.impgc.com%2Fplantinfo_A.php%3Fid%3D240%26bc%3D&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcsO9KWYOlnRLpRPLnoDuCs-onUpA>• ENVIS - FRLHT<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fenvis.frlht.org.in%2Fbotanical_search.php%3Ftxtbtname%3DLuffa%26gesp%3D1351%257CLuffa%2Bechinata%2BROXB.&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfJyDWxR5RiK4-Ur3bI_yBklAfwCw>• DDSA<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdsal.uchicago.edu%2Fdictionaries%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf6uenyoQ09XSR__kqQB9oTVQ4dNQ> *more views*: - Sep 13, 2008 ... along Ghodbunder Road near Gaimukh, Thane, Maharashtra [image: Bindaal (Hindi: बिन्दाल)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2855034847%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzerBjGkPezKNRsSVaSQGHWuS9Ub2w> [image: Pey-p-pirkku (Tamil: பேய்ப்பீர்க்கு)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2855888180%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzec6w3Q9ZswPPZkuq7jyAXJGYWqwA> [image: Jimuta (Sanskrit: जीमूतः)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2855894364%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzejxSKdgmoREcmJbn1LQIXlk2U2ug> - Sep 12, 2009 ... along NH8 near Sasunavghar, Thane [image: Daivadaali (Kannada: ದೈವದಾಳಿ)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3911595971%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcmyKMku744zbnIYGTpVszMUqM-QA> [image: Luffa echinata]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3912382492%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdSs35TV1nH1weRpMONU5gnfGjd_g> [image: Devadali (Marathi: देवदाली)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3912387406%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdNIB7kCiVtMBNsNGwPuv6Ootbiag> Regards. Dinesh
