Sponge Gourd , or Luffa Tori, seeds make an ideal gift for loved ones who appreciate gardening and sustainability. These seeds offer the opportunity to cultivate a plant with a dual purpose - from delicious, edible gourds to natural, luffa sponges. Luffa is a genus of tropical and subtropical vines in the pumpkin, squash and gourd family (Cucurbitaceae). In everyday non-technical usage, the luffa, also spelled loofah[3] or less frequently loofa, [4] usually refers to the fruits of the species Luffa aegyptiaca and Luffa acutangula. It is cultivated and eaten as a vegetable, but must be harvested at a young stage of development to be edible. The vegetable is popular in India, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Vietnam. [5] When the ... List of Sponge gourd mandi rates in Sirsa, Sponge gourd mandi live prices, Sponge gourd local market wise commodity price listing Learn how to grow sponge gourd , a vegetable similar to ridge gourd , in India. Find out the health benefits, local names, varieties, soil and climate requirements, sowing, irrigation, harvesting and yield of sponge gourd .
