Luffa - Smooth
Luffa aegyptiacaLuffa aegyptiaca immature fruit ready for harvest as a vegetable (right) and mature and peeled mature fruit used as a vegetal sponge (left) By User:Tomas nevado (right photo), Jerry Crimson Mann (upper left photo), Rik Schuiling / TropCrop - Tropical Crops Services (bottom left photo), montage by User:RoRo. [CC BY-SA 3.0] (Photo Credits)
Grown as an edible vegetable they can be cooked and eaten when the size of a zucchini. Matured and left to dry they are using in the bath as an exfoliating sponge. Pick fruit regularly to encourage regular cropping. To prepare the luffa break off the stem and peel away the skin. Great for growing over fences and as a screening plant. Requires lots of water to thrive.
Other Names: shcloth gourd, sponge gourd, Egyptian cucumber, Vietnamese Luffa
$14.90 ($14.90-$17.90 choose a size)
Specifications of Luffa - Smooth
Grown From SeedlingLearn About Propagation Methods
Quarantine Restrictions to these Areas WA
Suitability in Pots Yes
