Luffa - Egyptian Loofah - Luffa Cylindrica - Sponge Plant - 5 Seeds Gladiolus Similar to other members of

Similar to other members of the genus

3m to 1m with white to pink flowers in summer

grey-pinkish slash

green to glaucous green above

Luffa - Egyptian Loofah - Luffa Cylindrica - Sponge Plant - 5 Seeds Gladiolus Similar to other members ofThe fruit of these species is cultivated and eaten as a vegetable. The fruit must be harvested at a young stage of development to be edible. The vegetable is popular in China and southeast Asia. When the fruit is fully ripened it is very fibrous. The fully developed fruit is the source of the loofah scrubbing sponge which is used in bathrooms and kitchens as a sponge tool. Luffa are not frost hardy, and require 150 to 200 warm days to mature. In