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Non-scientific name:

winter melon

1 Accepted name(s) for "winter melon":

Accepted name
Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.

5 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:
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. leaf, fruit, fruit exocarp, seed
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Benincasa hispida (Thunb.)Cogn. Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.
Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. dried exocarp fruit
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Benincasa hispida (Thun. Ex Mur.) Cog. Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.

24 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "winter melon":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
ash gourd Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
beligo Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
beligu Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
belonceng Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chal-kumra Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chinese waxgourd peel Other Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
courge cireuse Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dong gua Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
dong gua pi Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
dong gua ye Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
dong gua zi Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
dong-kua Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
exocarpium benincasae Pharmaceutical Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
fak Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gol-kaddu Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kondol Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kundur Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kushmanda Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
petha Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tung kua Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tung-kua Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wax gourd Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
white gourd Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
white pumpkin Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)