Luffa - Egyptian Loofah - Luffa Cylindrica - Sponge Plant - 5 Seeds Paulownia of herbaceous plants

of herbaceous plants

the fresh berries are an acquired taste

Capacity - 2

can get more than 180 feet tall with a trunk diameter exceeding 12 feet

in flower beds

Luffa - Egyptian Loofah - Luffa Cylindrica - Sponge Plant - 5 Seeds Paulownia of herbaceous plantsThe 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