Petola

Petola or also known as petola terms (scientific name: Luffa acutangula ) is one of the categories of vegetable green. In English it is called aLuffa or loofah / Lufah (from the Arabic لوف) and the tropical and sub ​​tropical annual vine that consists of the genus Luffa . The fruit of two species, L. acutangula and L.aegyptiaca , is grown for the fruit is harvested before maturity and eaten as a vegetable, popular in cooking and Asiaand Africa .

Fruit L. aegyptiaca also often allowed to mature and dry as a sponge bath or in the kitchen after the process of leaving the network only the xylem .This version is known as Lifah in Arabic , ভোল bhol the Assamese language , dhundul in theBengali language , Tori ghiya or nerua in Hindi or "peerkankai" in Tamil language or "Beera rich" in the Telugu language
Loofah sponge is used as a body brush. Both coarse and soft sponge known as Luffa or loofah.

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  Luffa aegyptica
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  Span petola old rough texture which helps smooth the skin