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Non-scientific name:

wild gourd

2 Accepted name(s) for "wild gourd":

Accepted name
Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad.
Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth

2 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:
GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad. Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad. Citrullus colocynthis (L.) Schrad.
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth Cucurbita foetidissima Kunth

21 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "wild gourd":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
alhandal Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bitter-apple Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bitter-cucumber Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bitter-melone Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
buffalo gourd Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
calabazilla Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chilicote Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
colocynth Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
colocíntida Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
coloquinte Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
coloquíntida Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
coyote gourd Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fetid gourd Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
handhal Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
kolokvint Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
koloquinte Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
missouri gourd Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
stinking gourd Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tumba Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
vine-of-sodom Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
wild pumpkin Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)