Sponge gourd (Luffa)
Luffa aegyptiaca
A climbing vine grown for its young fruit eaten as a vegetable and its mature fibrous fruit used as a scouring sponge.
Family
Cucurbitaceae
Soil types
Well-drained fertile loam soils.
Luffa aegyptiaca
A climbing vine grown for its young fruit eaten as a vegetable and its mature fibrous fruit used as a scouring sponge.
Family
Cucurbitaceae
Well-drained fertile loam soils.