The cylindrical loofah is a fibrous plant from the cucurbitaceous family, original from Egypt and Asia, whose fruit forms a sponge of consistent and very resistant fiber on its maturation stage that has been used as personal cleaning tool through the time and for the cleaning of utensils. At the moment it exists a great world-wide market of such fiber for different types of manufactures.

At modern times this fiber is applied on the cosmetic field, due to its exfoliant properties, it is also used for furniture fill up on the automobile and aeronautic industry. The same way used for acoustic thermal isolator on the construction. It can also be used for filters on different kinds of engines, among others.

Thanks to its properties, the loofah is a natural fiber with a great present and a promising future on the industry.