Plant of the Day
Saturday 6 August 2016
Luffa cylindrica (smooth luffa, Egyptian luffa, dishcloth gourd, gourd loofa) is native to India and grown commercially in China, Korea, Japan and Central America. The fruits are edible although for this purpose they should be harvested when young - as they might be rather chewy when mature as the inner structure is the luffa. Here they were growing in the tropical waterlily house in the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew.
Jill Raggett












