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Luffa (a gourd that can be eaten or grown into an exfoliating loofah) (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] PlantJam@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've grown these before! Apparently you can eat them when they're small, or let them mature into what we would all recognize as a loofah. Like any vine, they need plenty of space or a good trellis.

[–] DontNoodles@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago

Yes, it's a common vegetable in India.