Luffa

Luffa
Egyptian luffa with nearly mature fruit
Scientific classification
Unrecognized taxon (fix):	Luffa
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.

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.

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  Luffa operculata

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  Luffa aegyptiaca

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  A luffa sponge

Luffa Media

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  Ridge gourd with mung bean made in a house in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India

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  Beerakaya pulusu curry ingredients

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  Definition of the parts of a luffa sponge and the relevant coordinate system for mechanical properties measurements

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  Characteristic stress-strain curve of a luffa sponge in compression

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  Luffa (right), illustration from the Japanese agricultural encyclopedia Seikei Zusetsu (1804)

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  Luffa cylindrica（synonym　Luffa aegyptica)

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  A vegetable item in kerala

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  Commonly known as Ridge Gourd from Southern India

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  Extrafloral nectar glands in Luffa acutangula and Oecophylla smaragdina ants

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Data related to Luffa at Wikispecies