| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Standard | Indonesian |
| Catalan | carabassera d’esponja |
|---|---|
| Dutch | sponskomkommer; nenwa |
| English | Egyptian cucumber; Vietnamese luffa; Vietnamese loofah; vegetable‐sponge; smooth luffa |
| Esperanto | egipta lufo |
| French | courge éponge |
| German | Schwammkürbis |
| Portuguese | bucha |
| Russian | люффа египетская; люффа цилиндрическая |
| Tagalog | patola |
| Thai | บวบกลม; บวบหอม |