Plant Information
Common Name: LOOFAH, Vadoekplant (Afr)
Scientific Name: Luffa cylindrica
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Description:- Annual
- Climber, squash-like fruit
Culinary Uses:- Flowers - stir fries and soup
- Tips of vines - cook as vegetable
- Young fruit - dipped in batter and fried.
- Pickle and serve with bread and oil
Parts Used:- Leaves, flowers, young fruit
Medicinal Uses. It is said that:- Tea: Muscle pain, sore breasts, aching joints
- Respiratory infections, congestion, coughs, pleurishy, bronchitis, feverish colds
- Poultice
Other Uses:- Cosmetic: Soft inner skeleton - use as a sponge - rejuvenate skin - feet, knees, elbows
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