Benincasa cerifera.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
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.
Classic texts: Sturtevant 1919.
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