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Plant Fibers Photos 3
... the immature loofah gourds are used for food in the orient, both species are more widely used as natural scouring pads. They have been introduced throughout the world, and common loofah gourds even hang from telephone poles in Honduras. Loofah sponges are recommended for removing dry, dead skin cells from your ...
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The World of Gourds
... the immature loofah gourds are used for food in the orient, both species are more widely used as natural scouring pads. They have been introduced throughout the world, and common loofah gourds even hang from telephone poles in Honduras. Loofah sponges are recommended for removing dry, dead skin cells from your ...
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... GROWING LUFFA GOURDS Beth R. Jarvis Luffa, or loofah gourds are also called dishcloth gourds or vegetable sponges. The name comes from luff, the Arabic word for this plant. Luffa gourds are grown primarily for ... vines resemble cucumber foliage, a clue that luffas are related to cucumbers, squash and other gourds. Fruits look a bit like overgrown zucchini or cucumbers, reaching a length of 2 feet ...
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Floridata: A Gardener's Journal - October 2001
... ongoing effort banishing beautyberry babies from my flower beds! Also ripening this month are the loofah gourds. I planted them in competition with a sky flower vine and the resulting fence ... dominance produced a pretty display of yellow and blue flower decorations for the great green loofah gourds. Another beautiful native, the dahoon holly (Ilex cassine) covers itself with thousands of tiny bright ...
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Cucurbits
... -flowered gourd, bottle gourd, calabash Luffa spp.: towel gourds, vegetable sponge, luffa, loofah Cyclanthera pedata var. edulis: achocha (Peru) Momordica charantia: African cucumber, balsam pear Benincasa hispida: wax gourd; a popular, edible gourd of eastern Asia Sechium edule: chayote, christophine Trichosnathes spp.: snake gourds ...
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Gourd Garden in Smithville
... kinda place**features "Girls" bug patrol Seasonal Produce, Gourd Patch, Loofah Sponges, Shiitake Mushrooms, Return to: Gourd Gardens Around the World Gourds by Jeanie This web site © by Jeanie Dixon 1999 All ...
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Gourd Suppliers
... Lion, PA 17356 phone: 1-717-244-2615 Martha's Gourds Martha's Gourds Martha Bloom Clearfield, PA No mess, craft ready gourds. Gourds ready for you to express yourself. No holes, warts, moldy ... , Gourd Patch, Loofah Sponges, Shiitake Mushrooms, e-mail alcyone@webcombo.net David A. Williams Franklin, Texas 8964 FM 1940 Franklin, TX 77856 Phone: 979 828 5396 gourds@tconline.net Gourds ranging in size ...
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Luffa.info - Luffa/Loofa/Loufa/Loofah Sponge Gourd Photos
... - Luffa/Loofa/Loufa/Loofah Sponge Gourd Photos Home Luffa Sponges and Seeds Sources Harvesting Luffa Luffa Links Contact Welcome to the Luffa.info picture page! Photos of luffa sponge gourds, also known as luffa sponge, loofa, loofah, loufa, sponge gourd, or whatever else someone wants to call them. Scientific ...
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Cucurbitaceae
... Cucurbitaceae Plant Families with Succulent Species Cucurbitaceae - Gourds The Cucurbitaceae is a medium-sized family of dicotyledenous annual flowering herbs with around 119 ... important food plants (cucumber, melon, pumpkin, squash) as well as useful inedible species (bottle gourds, loofah, ornamental gourds). Members of this family have been cultivated for at least 10,000 years. Some species ...
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Loofah Sponge Gourd - Luffa cylindrica
... Loofah Sponge Gourd - Luffa cylindrica Luffa (Loofah) Luffa cylindrica a.k.a. Loofah, Dishcloth Gourd, Vegetable Sponge Gourd 1-2ft long, cylindrical, smooth skinned gourd. The interior contains ... be ground dwelling, but grow best when give upward support. Care is similar to other gourds and melons. They are frost tender, but can be grown as summer annuals. Water frequently ...
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