Vegetable Cultivar Descriptions for North America – Gourd, Luffa Sponge

Lists 1-27 Combined

Edited by Todd C. Wehner and Tammy L. Ellington

Department of Horticultural Science
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7609

Ba Leng Gua (ZWRM 135) – Parentage: from China. Characteristics: low yield of sponges.

Fletcher – Breeder: DeCourley, Missouri. Characteristics: high yield of high quality sponges with 100×400 mm size.

Hollar Luffa (13204) – Vendor: Hollar & Co. Characteristics: moderate to high yield of high quality sponges with 97×428 mm size.

Leng Si Gua (ZWRM 133) – Parentage: from China. Characteristics: high yield of moderate quality sponges with 60×350 mm size.

Lockhardt (Walters 484) – Vendor: Lockhardt Seeds. Characteristics: high yield of moderate quality sponges with 79×489 mm size.

Orol Ledden Luffa – Vendor: Orol Ledden & Sons. Characteristics: moderate to high yield of high quality sponges with 98×429 mm size.

Pang Si Gua (ZWRM 134) – Parentage: from China. Characteristics: moderate yield of moderate quality sponges with 100×430 mm size.

Peace Luffa – Vendor: Peace Seeds. Characteristics: moderate yield of high quality sponges with 85×420 mm size, late flowering.

Pusa Chikni – Parentage: from India. Characteristics: attractive fruit, eaten immature. Martin’s Vegetables for the Hot, Humid Tropics, 1979.

Qing Pi Chang (ZWRM 138) – Parentage: from China. Characteristics: high yield of moderate quality sponges with 65×595 mm size.

Quan Zhou Chang Tiao Gua (ZWRM 141) – Parentage: from China. Characteristics: high yield of moderate-high quality sponges with 50×180 mm size.

Richters Luffa (S3795) – Vendor: Otto Richter and Sons Ltd. Characteristics: moderate to high yield of high quality sponges with 98×431 mm size.

Shi Ting Da Quing Pi (ZWRM 137) – Parentage: from China. Characteristics: high yield of moderate quality sponges with 60×540 mm size.

Smooth Short Luffa – Vendor: Seed Saver’s Exchange. Characteristics: fruit short, cylindrical, eaten immature (at 6″ long), 90 day maturity. 1981.

Sunrise (Walters 401) – Characteristics: moderate to high yield of moderate quality sponges with 78×495 mm size.

USA Luffa (Guatemala) – Vendor: USA Luffa Inc. Characteristics: moderate to high yield of moderate quality sponges with 72×464 mm size.

White Seed (Decker-Walters 885) – Vendor: The Cucurbit Network. Parentage: from Republic of South Africa. Characteristics: mature fruit short, seeds tan with white wings. 1993.

Xiang Si Gua (ZWRM 136) – Parentage: from China. Characteristics: low yield of moderate quality sponges with 75×315 mm size.