Higher classification Luffa | Genus Luffa Rank Species | |
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Similar Luffa, Sponge gourd, Cucurbits, Yardlong bean, Winged bean | ||
Bee collecting honey from turai luffa acutangula
Luffa acutangula is commercially grown for its unripe fruits as a vegetable. Mature fruits are used as natural cleaning sponges. Its fruit slightly resembles a cucumber or zucchini with ridges. It ranges from central and eastern Asia to southeastern Asia. It is also grown as a houseplant in places with colder climates. English common names include angled luffa, Chinese okra, dish cloth gourd, ridged gourd, sponge gourd, vegetable gourd, strainer vine, ribbed loofah, silky gourd, ridged gourd, silk gourd, and sinkwa towelsponge.
Contents
- Bee collecting honey from turai luffa acutangula
- Luffa acutangula
- Uses
- Names in other languages
- References
Luffa acutangula
Uses
The young fruit of some cultivars are used as cooked vegetables or pickled or eaten raw, and the shoots and flowers are sometimes also used. Like Luffa aegyptica, the mature fruits are harvested when dry and processed to remove all but the fruit fibre, which can then be used as a sponge or as fibre for making hats.
Names in other languages
