These are flowers and fruit of 'Sponge gourd';(He-chi-ma).We can make a sponge from the fruit.
After soaking it into water for some time, we remove rotten flesh and cuticle.
Only the fibers are left and we can use it as a sponge.
We can make make-up water from the plant.
First we cut its vine and gather water into a pot.
And we put some oil or like that into the water.
It is natural water, so it is good for our skin.
The water is also used as cough stop.
I had ever made them, but I don't now.
