Non scientific name details for white gourd - Medicinal Plant Names Services

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Non-scientific name:

white gourd

1 Accepted name(s) for "white gourd":

Accepted name
Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.

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

Medicinal sources:	Scientific names as used in medicinal source:	MPNS matched scientific names:	Accepted name:	Trade forms:	Plant parts:
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)	Benincasa hispida	Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.	Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)	Benincasa hispida (Thunb.)Cogn.	Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.	Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.
Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)	Benincasa hispida	Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.	Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.		Flower, Fruit, Leaves, Root, Seeds, Stem

11 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "white gourd":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
alu puhul	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ash gourd	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
chal-kumra	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
dong-kua	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
gol-kaddu	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kushmanda	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
petha	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
tung-kua	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
wax gourd	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
winter melon	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
අළු පුහුල්	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)