Dishcloth gourd (Luffa acutangula (L.) Roxb.): flowering stem with separate sectioned fruit and seeds. Coloured etching by M. Bouchard, 1772.

The dishcloth gourd is also known as the sinkwa towel gourd

Luffa aegyptiaca Miller is the familiar bathroom loofah

Young fruits of Luffa acutangula are eaten as a vegetable

[Romae (Rome)] : [Bouchard et Gravier], [1772]

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 36.6 x 22.9 cm

Luffa Arabum, semine albo. Tournefort Act. Par. 1706.

Wellcome Collection 16728i