However, there is a lack of scientific data on the mechanical properties of luffa sponge material because up to now its main practical use has been as a body scrub in the bathroom. The luffa sponge material and luffa fibres have so far found very limited practical applications due to a lack of experimental data. To the best knowledge of the authors, no experimental investigation has ever been conducted on the dynamic properties of the luffa sponge material.