Benincasa hispida

Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. Engl.: Chinese winter melon, ash gourd, ash-pumpkin, Chinese fuzzy gourd, Chinese preserving melon, Chinese watermelon, wax gourd, white gourd, winter-melon. Deu.: Wachskürbis. Suom.: talvimeloni, vahakurpitsa, valkoinen meloni. TCM: doan gwa, mao gwa. Pharm.: peetha wax. Bot. syn.: Benincasa cerifera Savi, Cucurbita hispida Thunb., Lagenaria dasystemon Miq.

Benincasa cerifera.

Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.