Loofah, the Multi-Purpose Plant

Loofah, the Multi-Purpose Plant

In the US, luffa was grown domestically for decades. During the early 1990s, research in Missouri and North Carolina demonstrated that commercial production of luffa sponge gourds was also feasible in the United States. As of today, a simple Google search for loofah growers in the US gives you a handful of small family-owned farms mostly based in Central California.