Luffa

A luffa (also spelled loofah or loofa) is a long thin dried inner part of the fruit of a tropical plant related to the cucumber . It is often used as a sponge for washing the body. Before it gets ripe, it is also a good vegetable. It also comes from dried corn on the cob stems.

  • Luffa operculata
    Luffa operculata
  • Luffa aegyptiaca
    Luffa aegyptiaca
  • A luffa sponge
    A luffa sponge

Luffa
Egyptian luffa with nearly mature fruit
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Subfamily: Cucurbitoideae
Tribe: Sicyoeae
Genus: Luffa
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Species
  • Luffa acutangula (angled luffa, ridged luffa, vegetable gourd)
  • Luffa aegyptiaca / Luffa cylindrica (smooth luffa, Egyptian luffa, dishrag gourd, gourd loofa)
  • Luffa operculata (wild loofa, sponge cucumber)
Synonyms
  • Poppya Neck. ex M.Roem.
  • Trevauxia Steud., orth. var.
  • Trevouxia Scop.
  • Torai Forssk.

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