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.

Luffa operculata
Luffa aegyptiaca
A luffa sponge

Luffa Media

Ridge gourd with mung bean made in a house in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Beerakaya pulusu curry ingredients
Definition of the parts of a luffa sponge and the relevant coordinate system for mechanical properties measurements
Characteristic stress-strain curve of a luffa sponge in compression
Luffa (right), illustration from the Japanese agricultural encyclopedia Seikei Zusetsu (1804)
Luffa cylindrica（synonym　Luffa aegyptica)
A vegetable item in kerala
Commonly known as Ridge Gourd from Southern India
Extrafloral nectar glands in Luffa acutangula and Oecophylla smaragdina ants

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