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Luffa is a genus of tropical and subtropical vines in the pumpkin, squash and gourd family (Cucurbitaceae).. In everyday non-technical usage, the luffa, also spelled loofah [3] or less frequently loofa, [4] usually refers to the fruits of the species Luffa aegyptiaca and Luffa acutangula.
Luffa acutangula is a cucurbitaceous vine that is commercially grown for its unripe fruits as a vegetable. Mature fruits are used as natural cleaning sponges. Its fruit slightly resembles a cucumber or zucchini with ridges.
Then, the seeds fall to the ground. Luffa is used as an herbal remedy, with some pharmacological activity found in animal tests and insufficient data proving effectiveness in humans. [ 2 ] Its use in homeopathy is diluted many times, with insufficient material to produce any effect, and not approved by any official United States government ...
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According to researchers in Florida, common cultivars for Luffa aegyptiaca include Smooth Boy, Smooth Beauty, and South Winner. [7] Many other cultivars were also mentioned in the Vegetable Cultivar Description for North America List 24, 1999: [8]
The music was composed by Michael Tavera and the new songs were written by Michele Brourman and Amanda McBroom.. This was the third film in the series without James Horner's original score from the first film; the first two were The Great Longneck Migration and The Great Day of the Flyers, although Michael Tavera's older themes from previous sequels can still be heard.
Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe is a World War II air-combat combat flight simulation game first released in August 1991 [1] by Lucasfilm Games.. It was the last of a trilogy of World War II titles by Lucasfilm Games, the others being Battlehawks 1942 (1988) and Their Finest Hour (1989).