Luffa

== Translingual == === Etymology === From Arabic لُوفَة (lūfa). === Proper noun === Luffa f A taxonomic genus within the family Cucurbitaceae – plants used as vegetables in southeast Asia when young and tender and as a scrubbing sponge after maturity, called luffa, loofa, and loofah. ==== Hypernyms ==== (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Cucurbitales – order; Cucurbitaceae – family; Sicyoeae - tribe ==== Hyponyms ==== (genus): Luffa aegyptiaca (syn. Luffa cylindrica; smooth loofah) - type species; Luffa acutangula (angled loofah), Luffa echinata, Luffa operculata (wild loofah, sponge cucumber), Luffa saccata - species === References === Luffa on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Luffa on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Luffa on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons Luffa at USDA Plants database Luffa at Tropicos Luffa at Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Luffa at National Center for Biotechnology Information Luffa at Germplasm Resources Information Network Luffa at The Plant List