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Record 1 2002-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Vegetable Crop Production
  • Personal Care and Hygiene (General)
CONT

Luffa Mill. ... Grown in the U.S. mostly as ornamentals or for the "vegetable sponge" provided by the dried, reticulate, fibrous interior of the fruit.

Key term(s)
  • Egyptian bath sponge

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production légumière
  • Hygiène et soins corporels (Généralités)
CONT

Les Luffa, également très rustiques, ne peuvent être consommées qu'à l'état très jeune (fruits de moins de 10 cm). Ensuite le réseau de fibres qui constitue l'éponge végétale de Luffa cylindrica Roem, mais qui apparaît aussi dans les fruits à section étoilée de L. acutangula Rexb. les rend impropres à la consommation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Producción hortícola
  • Cuidado e higiene personales (Generalidades)
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