Loofah 5 seeds "Smooth Luffa"

A loofa sponge as it is commonly known. The luffa plant is a member of the gourd family. It grows as a flowering annual vine.

The pollinated flowers grow cylindrical green fruits that eventually develop into a fibrous seed pod. Luffa can be harvested before maturity and eaten as a vegetable or wait until mature and dry, it can be used as a bath or kitchen sponge.

¿It is a warm season climbing plant. Contains vitamin C. Powdered luffa has also been used in Chinese herbal medicine.

How to grow: Sow the seeds in a well-drained and fertile soils in full sun, keep soils moist. Provide trellis or plant along the fence. Require only little water but regular watering.

Pick the luffa when it is dark green at the tender stage (as vegetable) Maturity period - Approximate 60 days