| Sample ID | 280-7-1a |
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| Species | cylindrica |
| Genus | Luffa |
| Family | CUCURBITACEAE |
| Common name | loofah, sponge gourd |
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| Pollen / Spore | pollen |
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| Morphologic type | tricolporate |
| Surface pattern | reticulate |
| Reticulum homogeneity | homobrochate |
| Murus complexity | simplicolumellate |
| Equatorial size | min 66.4, mean 69.6, max 72 |
| Polar size | min 64.3, mean 69.9, max 76.4 |
| Equatorial shape | subprolate |
| Polar shape | circular |
| Grain arrangement | dicot |
| Aperture count | 3 |
| Pore surface shape | circular (with annulus) |
| Pore colpuses | 1 |
| Colpi length | full |
| Wall thickness | 3 |
| Dispersal form | monad |
| Morphology notes | Oblate spheroidal in ev, circular in pv. Pore circular, thickened, with patterned membranes. 63 (60-66) x 66 (63-70). Exine average 3um, sexine gt nexine; retipilate, with units smaller toward apertures. |
| Plant type | angiosperm |
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| Floristic region(s) | Papua New Guinea (lowland) |
| Cultivated? | True |
| Habitat notes | Flowers yellow |
| Collector | L. J. Brass No. 26039 |
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| Institution | ANU |
| ANU access code | 11376 |
| Collection site | Fergusson Island |
| Collection country | Papua New Guinea |
| Collection altitude | 15 |
| Collection date | 2004-06-17 |
| Collection notes | Kimberley Region, Western Australian Pollen Flora |
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