Latin Name: Luffa cylindrica (L.) Roem.
Ingredient:Lycyoside, malonic acid, citrulline
Form: Powder
Product description:Retinervus Luffae Fructus Extract is a species of Luffagrown for its fruit. The fruit somewhat resembles a cucumber. The young fruit is eaten as a vegetable and is commonly grown for that purpose in tropical Asia. Unlike the young fruit, the fully ripened fruit is strongly fibrous and is used to make scrubbing bath sponges. Due to the use of the ripe fruit as a scrubbing sponge, it is also known by the common names dishrag gourd, rag gourd, sponge gourd, andvegetable-sponge.