Luffa—an Asian Vegetable Emerging in Florida

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Release Date: 2/9/2023

Reviewed At: 3/19/2026

DOI: 10.32473/edis-hs1285-2016

Agriculture

Abstract

A UF/IFAS numbered Fact Sheet. in support of UF/IFAS Extension program: Plant Systems

About this Publication

This document is HS1285, one of a series of the Department of Horticultural Sciences, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date September 2016. Revised September 2019 and February 2023. Visit the Ask IFAS website at https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/ for the currently supported version of this publication.

How to Cite

Xie, Y., Liu, G., Li, Y., & Migliaccio, K. (2016). Luffa—an Asian Vegetable Emerging in Florida. EDIS, 2016(7), 6. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-hs1285-2016

Authors

Guodong Liu
Guodong Liu
Specialist
University of Florida

professor, crop nutrition, UF/IFAS Department of Horticultural Sciences

Yuncong Li
Yuncong Li
Specialist
University of Florida

professor, soil and water quality, Department of Soil, Water, and Ecosystem Sciences, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center, Homestead, FL

Kati Migliaccio
Kati Migliaccio
Specialist
University of Florida

dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and professor of water conservation, UF/IFAS Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering

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