Rib gourd on Thai market
Unripe fruits of the ribbed gourd are eaten as a vegetable. Mature ribbed gourd fruits are used to make sponges. The plant is also knows as ridged luffa.
A close relative of the ridged luffa is the Egyptian cucumber or smooth luffa.
Names
Scientific
Luffa acutangula
English
Angled luffa
Rib gourd
Ribbed gourd
Ribbed loofah
Ridged gourd
Ridged luffa
Vegetable gourd
Dutch
Vleugelkomkommer
Spanish
Esponja vegetal
German
Flügelgurke
Taxonomy
Order
Cucurbitales
Family
Cucurbitaceae
Genus
Luffa
Species
Luffa acutangula (Ribbed gourd)
Crop categories
Fruit vegetables
Minor crops
Subtropical crops
Tropical crops
Vegetables
Pictures
Rib gourd in Thailand
Rib gourd or Ribbed gourd
Ribbed gourd
Ribbed gourd with sand bags to make them straight