Cucurbitaceae Family

Luffa can be used not only as a skin scrubber but also as a vegetable much as its cousin cucumber would be used.  Alameda Natural Grocery Produce Manager Marc describes luffa as a vegetable as “kind of like a ‘zucucumbokra,’ or has having qualities of zucchini, cucumber and okra all rolled into one”.

Persian cucumber

Armenian cucumber – actually a type of muskmelon

Lemon cucumber

Japanese cucumber

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