Stock Photo - Name: Gisuri, Dodka. Other Names: Luffa, Ridged gourd, Turai, Jhingey. Botanical Name: Loofa acutangula. Origin: Southern Asia. Family: Cucurbitaceae. Cucumis acutangulus L. Torooi, Hind. Jhingo, Beng. Beer_kai, Tel. Peechenggah, Mal. Peekun_kai, Tam. Climbing; stems glabrous; leaves 5_angled or 5_lobed; male racemeslong peduncled; stamens distinct; calyx segments of the female flowers covered with glands; fruit (about 1 foot long and 2_3 inches thick) clavate, obtuse, or shortly pointed, pretty smooth, 10_angled, the angles sharp and smooth; seeds (black) irregularly pitted, 2_lobed at the base; flowers large, yellow. Fl. Nearly all the year. The half_grown fruit is one of the best native vegetables in India. The natives use it much in their curries. Peeled, boiled, and dressed with butter, pepper, and salt, it is little inferior to boiled peas. Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India.