广东丝瓜

本种与丝瓜的区别：雄蕊3枚；果具8-10条纵棱。花果期夏、秋季。

分布：世界热带地区有栽培

功用：嫩果作菜蔬，成熟后网状纤维即丝瓜络药用，能通经络

Luffa acutangula (Linn.) Roxb., Hort. Beng. 70. 1814; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 2: 615. 1879; Cogn. in DC., Mon. Phan. 3: 459. 1881; Forb. et Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. 23: 314. 1887; Cogn. u. Harms in Engl., Pflanzenr. 88 (IV. 275. 2): 68. 1924; Chakr. in Ind. Journ. Agric. Sc. 16: (1): 37. 1946, et in Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. 17 (1): 79. 1959; Keraudren in Aubreville et Leroy, Fl. Cambodge Laos Vietnam 15: 49. 1975; 中国高等植物图鉴4: 360, 图6133, 1975.——Cucumis acutangula Linn., Sp. Pl. ed. 1: 1011. 1753. ——Luffa acutungula (L.) Roxb. var. subangulata (Miq.) Cogn. in DC., Mon. Phan. 3: 461. 1881.