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Taxon:  Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.



Summary
Genus:
Benincasa
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Benincaseae
Nomen number:
6746
Place of publication:
A. L. P. P. de Candolle & A. C. de Candolle, Monogr. phan. 3:513. 1881
Verified:
05/09/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cucurbita hispida Thunb.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Benincasa cerifera Savi
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Reference(s)
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    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. Flore du Cambodge du Laos et du Viet-Nam. 1960-
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Common names
English
ash gourd –
ash-pumpkin –
Chinese preserving-melon –
Chinese-watermelon –
wax gourd –
white gourd –
white-pumpkin –
winter-melon –
French
benincasa –
courge à cire –
courge cireuse –
pastèque de Chine –
German
Wachskürbis –
India
petha –
Indonesian
kundur –
Japanese Rōmaji
tōgan –
Malay
kundor –
Portuguese
abóbora-d'água –
Spanish
calabaza blanca –
Swedish
vaxpumpa –
Transcribed Chinese
dong gua –
Transcribed Korean
donga –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2CultivatedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  
2CultivatedAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  
2CultivatedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  
2CultivatedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
2CultivatedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  
2CultivatedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
2CultivatedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
2CultivatedNorthern America Mexico  
2CultivatedNorthern America North America  
2CultivatedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaMesoamericaGuatemala  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
6Other    origin uncertain
Cultivated
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan, Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Northern America
  • REGION: North America, Mexico
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • MESOAMERICA: Guatemala
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Peru
Other (origin uncertain)
Economic Uses
Human food
Medicines
folklore (fide Herbs Commerce ed2) –


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