Heather Angel / Butterflies and day flying moths feed from Loofah flower (Luffa cylindrica) and pick up pollen on their legs, underside of thorax and antennae, South Sichuan Bamboo Sea, China

Heather Angel / Hummingbird hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) nectaring on Loofah (Luffa sp) flower. Xinjiang, China.

Nature Production / Sponge Gourd / Loufa plant (Luffa aegyptiaca) tendril curling, at the point of reversion,

Nature Production / Sponge Gourd / Loofah staminate flower {Luffa aegyptiaca} Japan

Nature Production / Luffa plant / Sponge Gourd {Luffa aegyptiaca} bearing fruit, Japan

Nature Production / Sponge Gourd {Luffa aegyptiaca} fruits and flowers - dried and sold as loofah, Japan

Adrian Davies / Cross section through a dried Loofah (Luffa aegyptiaca) used as bath sponge, UK