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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: Drug form: Plant parts:
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bitter-apple Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bitter-cucumber Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bitter-melone Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
colocíntida Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
coloquinte Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
coloquíntida Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kolokvint Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
koloquinte Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
vine-of-sodom Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
wild pumpkin Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)