Non scientific name details for bestru - Medicinal Plant Names Services

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Non-scientific name:

bestru

1 Accepted name(s) for "bestru":

Accepted name
Cucumis melo L.

2 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources:	Scientific names as used in medicinal source:	MPNS matched scientific names:	Accepted name:	Drug form:	Plant parts:
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)	Luffa cylindrica Roem.	Luffa cylindrica (L.) M.Roem.	Cucumis melo L.		fruits, leaves
Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)	Luffa cylindrica ROEM.	Luffa cylindrica (L.) M.Roem.	Cucumis melo L.

10 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "bestru":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
blestru	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
blustru	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dish-rag gourd	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hurung jawa	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ketola	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ketola manis	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
loufah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
petola buntal	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
petola manis	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
timput	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)