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A new taxonomic variety of Luffa aegyptiaca Mill. (Cucurbitaceae): a wild sponge gourd from Odisha, India
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- 1. ICAR-National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources, Exploration Base Centre, NRRI Campus, Cuttack - 753006, Odisha (India) rcmisranbpgr@gmail.com
- 2. ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Jakhini, Post Box 1, Varanasi 221305 (India)
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Misra, Ramesh Chandra, Karmakar, Pradip (2025): A new taxonomic variety of Luffa aegyptiaca Mill. (Cucurbitaceae): a wild sponge gourd from Odisha, India. Adansonia (3) 47 (17): 311-318, DOI: 10.5252/adansonia2025v47a17, URL: https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/adansonia2025v47a17.pdf
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