Loofah as Cucurbitaceae climbing herb, towel gourd root system. Stems creeping, five edge, green, main stem and lateral stem growth exuberant, stems branched tendrils, prone to adventitious root. Both domestic and international distribution and cultivation. Fruit for summer vegetables, containing various nutritional foods high in the melon, contains saponins, towel gourd bitter, mucus quality, wood glue, citrulline, xylan and interferon and other special material which has the special function of certain. Mature inside the reticular fiber called loofah, can replace the sponge used for washing and cooking furniture; also can be used for medicinal, have cool and refreshing, diuresis, promoting blood circulation, activate, detoxification effect. Another towel gourd homophonic dead hang the game of the hanging nickname, stinking gourd is also the nickname of hanging.
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