Luffa acutangula is a cucurbitaceous vine that is commercially grown for its unripe fruits as a vegetable. Mature fruits are used as natural cleaning sponges. Its fruit slightly resembles a cucumber or zucchini with ridges. It ranges from central and eastern Asia to southeastern Asia.
Bestowed with vitamin C and vitamin A which are famed for their antioxidant potential, ridge gourd helps eliminate detrimental free radicals from the system, avert oxidative damage to healthy skin tissues and detoxify and purify the blood.
