Young Luffa on a trellis
by one of our many happy seed customers!
Heirloom Sze Qwa Luffa
(aka. Luffa, Luffah, Loofa, Loofah, Sze Qwa, Cee Gwa, Sponge Gourd, Dishcloth
Gourd, etc)
Origin: India
Item #: LUFFA001
Luffa
is a fast growing, warm climate member of the Cucurbit family that is native
to India, and is also known under a wide variety of other names including
Sponge Gourd, Dishcloth Gourd, Sze Qwa, Cee Gwa and others. Luffa is grown
commercially in China, Taiwan, Central America, Korea, Vietnam and Japan,
and also still grows wild in India today. Luffa is used not only for natural
sponge production, but also food production. Luffa is the only known plant
that may be used to produce natural sponges which have been found to have
a positive impact on cleansing human skin and may also be used to produce
an organic soap. When Luffa is harvested when young at a length of 4 to
6 inches long and yield a sweet, tasty vegetable that may be prepared similiar
to okra or zucchini. The mature seeds, young flowers and young foilage
of the Luffa are also edible. The Luffa plant itself is similiar to a cucumber
and produces sprawling vines up to 15 to 20 feet in length. Luffa can also
be sliced and utilized raw like a cucumber. Matures in about 110 days.
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