Sponge Courgette 'Cylinder'
- Product number: 190600
- Origin: Tropical Asia
- Latin: Luffa aegyptiaca, also known as Luffa cylindrica
Fruits as large as a zucchini, with longitudinal ribs. Harvest young for consumption. When ripe, the fruit is peeled and used as a sponge. Very high-yielding and tender. Also visit www.luffa.info.
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Latin: Luffa aegyptiaca, or also Luffa cylindrica
Dutch: Sponscourgette (Sponge zucchini)
Also: Sponskomkommer (Sponge cucumber) And in Suriname: Nenwa or Ninwa
English: Smooth Loofah, Sponge Gourd, Angled Loofah
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- Flower colour: Yellow flowers
- Origin: Tropical Asia
- Average growth height: More than 200 cm
- Annual or perennial: Annual
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- Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
- Ease of cultivation: Moderate
- Latin: Luffa aegyptiaca, also known as Luffa cylindrica
- Dutch: Sponge courgette
- Also known as: Sponge Gourd In Suriname: Nenwa or Ninwa
- English: Smooth Loofah, Sponge Gourd, Angled Loofah
