The Luffa cylindrica belongs to the family of Cucurbitaceae . It has a growth period relativamente lungo: tra i 110 e i 180 giorni. Il periodo ottimale per la semina è la primavera .
Dopo appena un mese il fusto comincia ad allungarsi notevolmente, fino ad aver bisogno di un sostegno.
I fiori cominciano a comparire già dal 3° mese: sono gialli, commestibili e più piccoli di quelli delle zucchine. I fiori di sesso femminile sono solitari e presentano un gambo leggermente più ingrossato che contiene l’ovario.
Nel giro di pochi giorni, subito dopo la prima fioritura, l’ovario comincia ad ingrossarsi formando quella che sarà una luffa ! Mediamente, ogni pianta di luffa produce circa 15 frutti, passando da una colorazione verde bright to a dark brown. The working of the loofah
begins with the extraction of the seeds by cutting the bottom with a knife. Immediately after you proceed with the shelling of the fruit. And finally, you can finish cutting the towel ends . Sometimes you may need to manually remove more seeds using tweezers.
The blanching of the luff can be performed in water and bleach or exposing them to the sun for a few days for a completely natural treatment.
can be used as a sponge for personal hygiene and household . The specific use of cleansing the body, used wet the loofah is softer and is also suitable for sensitive skin. The loofah
lends itself well to more creative uses of soap inside.
To complete the discussion of loofah we include two other varieties as well as Cylindrica. The Luffa
capped from which we obtain a preparation to fight sinusitis, and acute-angled luffa , used mainly for food and in this case is called " Beerakaya .
In the movie (including the above text is a transcript) you can see some pictures on Luffa .
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