"Luffa acutangula is commercially grown for its unripe fruits as a vegetable. Mature fruits are used as natural cleaning sponges. Its fruit slightly resembles a cucumber or zucchini with ridges. It ranges from central and eastern Asia to southeastern Asia. It is also grown as a houseplant in places with colder climates."@en . "*Momordica tubiflora (Wall.)" . . . . "*Luffa forskalii (Schweinf. ex Harms)" . "*Luffa foetida (Cav.)" . . . "*Luffa gosa (Ham.)" . "*Cucumis acutangulus (L.)" . "*Luffa fluminensis (Roem.)" . "*Luffa amara (Roxb.)" . . "*Cucurbita acutangula (L.) Blume)" . . "*Cucumis operculatus (Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.)" . . "*Cucumis lineatus (Bosc)" . . "*Luffa drastica (Mart.)" . . "*Cucumis megacarpus (G.Don)" .