Natural loofah sponges actually come from the fruits of vine-growing Luffa plants. These plants are part of the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae) making them relatives of watermelons, cucumbers and ...
Growing luffa is an increasingly-popular way to produce your own sustainable, natural sponges in your backyard. The luffa plants are fast-growing vines grown for the fruit they produce. Those fruits ...
If you’ve been using a synthetic or natural loofah, it might be time for an upgrade — preferably to something that doesn’t harbor loads of bacteria, according to dermatologists. Although ...
Paris-based Palestinian designer Samer Selbak has created a collection of lighting made from the luffa plant dyed with vegetables. Named Luffa, the collection includes two pendant lights and a ...
Plant cells have several structures not found in other eukaryotes. In particular, organelles called chloroplasts allow plants to capture the energy of the Sun in energy-rich molecules; cell walls ...
What do plants need to grow? Plants are a very important part of our environment because they provide us with oxygen to breathe and food to eat. Plants can be of different sizes, shapes and ...
Senior Editor: Jun Lyu, PhD, Springer Nature, China. Before joining Nature Plants in 2014, Jun received his PhD from the Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he studied ...