LUFFA ACUTANGULA • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Luffa acutangula

... witness every afternoon a glorious transformation in my experimental garden at Sijbaria on the Ganges. The gardener has planted a large field with Jhinga (Luffa acutangula). The flowers when closed at day time are very inconspicuous, the lowest whorl of the sepals being dull green: in my afternoon walk I can hardly recognise the old familiar field, which is now covered with masses of flower in their golden glory. Here also the flowers remain open ...

— Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose - His Life and Speeches • Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose