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Luffa aegyptiaca
Dishrag gourd · Loofah · Rag gourd · Smooth loofah · Vegetable-sponge
Tier 2 Difficulty: medium Water: low Light: full_sun Toxicity: low
Temperature
20–37 °C
Soil pH
6–7
Hardiness
Zone 7–13
Click count
55
Observations
43
Description
Source: leafsnapLuffa aegyptiaca, the sponge gourd, Egyptian cucumber or Vietnamese luffa, is an annual species of vine cultivated for its fruit, native to South and Southeast Asia.
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Full sun
Ideal: Full sun
🌡️ Temperature 20–37.8°C
Ideal temperature: 20–37.8°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil 6-7
Soil pH: 6-7
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Herb, Vine
- Life Cycle
- Annual, Biennial, Perennial
- Genus
- Luffa
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 10-12
- Mature Height
- 1.83 m to 9.14 m
- Mature Spread
- 0.91 m to 1.22 m
- Leaf Color
- Green
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Flower Color
- Yellow
- Flower Size
- 7.62 cm to 15.24 cm
- Bloom Time
- Early summer, Mid summer
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer
- Harvest Time
- Mid summer, Late summer, Early fall
- Native Area
- Burkina Faso, India, Angola, Madagascar, Rwanda, Pakistan, Nigeria, Kenya, Niger, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Fiji, Benin, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Liberia, Mozambique, Burundi, Ghana, Ethiopia, Congo, Nepal, Malawi, Central African Republic, Zambia, Sudan, Guinea, Chad, Myanmar, Togo, Bhutan, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Congo (DRC)
Tags (13)
Common Names (14)
en Dishrag gourd
en Loofah
en Rag gourd
en Smooth loofah
en Vegetable-sponge
en Sponge gourd
en Chishambo
en Ghâluddru
en Tmi
en Plant sponge
en Dishcloth gourd
en Smooth luffa
en Sponge cucumber
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