Sponge zucchini 'Seven Star' F1
- Product number: 190610
- Origin: Taiwan, Southeast 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. This professional hybrid from Taiwan is disease-resistant, extra productive, 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: Taiwan, Southeast 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: Luffa
- Also known as: Sponge Gourd And In Suriname: Nenwa or Ninwa
- English: Sponscourgette, Egyptische Luffa, Ribbelcourgette
