PHOTOGRAPHY TIPS: Use TV as there is a breeze.
Canon R5, TV, Handheld, ISO 1000, f/4.5, 1/500
sec, 37mm.
23 Nov 2023, 8.40 am. Bright sunny morning. Lentor Loop
private house garden. Red ants.
Luffa cylindrica var. insularum
COMMON
NAMES:
Sponge Gourd, Dish-cloth Gourd, Smooth Loofah
There
are no gourds like the Sponge Gourd! Not only can the young tasty
fruit be cooked and eaten, the fibrous mature fruit can be used as a
natural sponge. The high shock and water absorbency of these fibres
allow for its infinite use, ranging from general cleaning, cosmetics,
biofilters to machinery insulation.
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Fauna
Pollination Dispersal Associated Fauna
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Bee-Attracting
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Pollination Method(s)
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Biotic (Fauna) (Insects (Bee))
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Luffa cylindrica
is a very fast growing climber.
Its leaves are 7 - 20 cm across and have three lobes. Flowers are
bright yellow with 5 petals. The fruits which grow to about 60
cm in length are oblong
or cylindrical,
smooth and contain many seeds. The fruit is brown when mature and
dries on the vine
to develop an inedible sponge-like structure.
Economic and other uses
The dry fruit of Luffa
cylindrica can be used as a sponge.
Young green fruits can be boiled and eaten as a vegetable.
Environmental
and other impacts
This species
is capable of invading disturbed areas.
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