Loofah Sponge
name: label: Discipline
content: Botany
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: This is a loofah sponge. It measures around 20 cm x 10 cm x 8 cm. It is tubular in shape and has three hollow tunnels spanning the length of the loofah. It is beige-yellow and rough in texture. Loofah is part of the cucumber family. This specimen description was written remotely based on images as part of Amber Kreiensieck's internship in Fall 2021.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 May 2022
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Luffa
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO400530-DSP
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Plantae, Equisetopsida, Magnoliidae, Rosanae, Cucurbitales, Cucurbitaceae, Cucurbitoideae