Taxonomic Hierarchy
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| Kingdom | Plantae
– plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants |
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| Subkingdom | Viridiplantae
– green plants |
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| Infrakingdom | Streptophyta
– land plants |
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| Superdivision | Embryophyta
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| Division | Tracheophyta
– vascular plants, tracheophytes |
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| Subdivision | Spermatophytina
– spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames |
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| Class | Magnoliopsida
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| Superorder | Rosanae
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| Order | Cucurbitales
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| Family | Cucurbitaceae
– gourds, squashes, citrouilles, gourdes |
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| Genus | Luffa Mill.
– luffa, vegetable sponge, loofah |
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| Species | Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.
– sinkwa towelsponge, sponge gourd, ridged gourd, Chinese squash |
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| Variety | Luffa acutangula var. amara (Roxb.) C.B. Clarke |
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