Plant Details

Accepted name:: Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. [Cucurbitaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abóbora-d'água	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
alattuppucanikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alattuppucini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alu puhul	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
alu-puhul	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
alupuhul	Other	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
ash gourd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ash pumpkin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
ash-pumpkin	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
beligo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
beligu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
belonceng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
benincasa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
benincasa seed	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
benincasae exocarpium	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
benincasae pericarpium	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
benincasae semen	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
bhujailu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhuru	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
bhuru kolu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
bilay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bligo	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
blonchengh	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
boarda goomoodoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boodi humbala	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
boodi kumbala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boodida gummadi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boodidegummadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boodigummadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boodu gumbala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boodukumbalakaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
brhatphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
brihatapha	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
brihatphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
brithlaphala	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
budekumbalakayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
budida-gummadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
budidagumadi	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
budidagummadi	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
budidegummadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
budithi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
burdagumudu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
burdogumldu	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
bái guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bṛihatphalam	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
calabaza blanca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
campalpucini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
camparpucani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chal kumra	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
chal-kumra	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
chalkumra	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
chinese preserving-melon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chinese waxgourd peel	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
chinese-watermelon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
courge cireuse	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
courge à cire	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cumbulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dong gua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) 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) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
dong gua zih	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
dong-kua	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
donga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dongguapi	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
dōng guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dōng guā yè	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
exocarpium benincasae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005)
fak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
garmyakarkaki	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
ghrinavasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
gol-kaddu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
golkaddu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
gramyakarkati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gummidi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hindistan qabaghi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
kaddue-roomi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kadu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaggumbala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kahis-uri	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
kakharu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kaliyanap pucani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaliyanappucini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaliyanappucunai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalyan-pooshini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalyana pucani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalyanappushinikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kalyanapucini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kandur	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kargumbala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karkaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
karkotika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
khola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kohala	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kohalu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kondha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kondol	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kooshmaanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotai-p-pucani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ku-sma-nda-ka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kucumantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kudimah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kulppantakkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kulppantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumbalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumbalanga	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
kumbhanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kumbhaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumittikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumittikkaykkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kummattikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumpalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kumpalanga pacha	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
kumpalanna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kumra	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kundor	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kundur	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kundur bulat	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kunjaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kunmatakkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kushmand	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kushmanda	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kushmandaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kushmandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kushpandaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kusmanda	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kusmandaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kusmandika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kusmantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuushmaanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kuushmaandaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kuushmaandanaadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kyauk-pha-yon	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
kūṣmāṇḍa (fruit)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
labu air	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lun-tha	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
mahdabaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
majdab	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
majdabh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
makakumpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
makapalikakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
makapalikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maruntitumuriyappanni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mattupparanki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mattuppucani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
motacam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagapushpaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nantippucani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nantippucanikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nantippucini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nasapushpaphala	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
nirruppucani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirruppucini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pai kua	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
paitha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panikakharu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
paranki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parankikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pastèque de chine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pattirapani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pendli-gummadi-kaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pendligummadikaaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pendligummadikaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
perumpucani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perumpucanikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
perumpucini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
petha	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
pethaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
phuthia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
pitapushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
pooshanikkai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
pora-mat	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
pucani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pucanik kay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pusanikkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
pushani kai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pushini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
pushpaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
puspaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puśpaphalam	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
raksa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saambaipushani	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
saambalpushani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
safed kohalu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
sandigumbala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shager abiadh hindee	Other	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
shijar abyadh hindi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
shikhivardhaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
shui chih	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
suphala	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
tang-kwa-pi	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
ti chih	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
timisha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
to-ga	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
toong kwa	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
tung jen	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
tung kua	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tung kua tsu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
tung kwa jiu	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
tung-kua	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tōgan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
valliphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valliphalah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vaxpumpa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
vellaippucani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellaippucanikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ven poosani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ven-poosani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
venpucini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
venpuncani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wachskürbis	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
wax gourd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
waxgourd	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
white gour	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
white gourd	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
white guard melon	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
white pumpkin	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
winter melon	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
zhěn guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
අළු පුහුල්	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
トウガシ	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
东瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
冬瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
冬瓜叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
冬瓜子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
冬瓜瓤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
冬瓜皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
冬瓜藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
枕瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
瓠子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蒲种壳	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
exocarp	dried exocarp	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
fruit	dried exocarp	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Flower, Fruit, Leaves, Root, Seeds, Stem		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Fruit, root		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seed	dried ripe seed	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
seeds, leaves, fruits, roots		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Seed, fruit		Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
Flower, fruit, seed		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
fruits, fruit pulp	fruit juice	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
leaves, seed, fruit, root	juice of fruit, the ash of fruit rind, dried pieces of the fruit	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
fruit, leaves	fresh plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
seed		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
leaf, fruit, fruit exocarp, seed		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
fruit		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
exocarp	dried exocarp	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
seed	seed	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
fruit	dried pieces of fruit	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
seed		Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
seed	seeds	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
Fruit		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
seed		Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 25 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Benincasa cerifera Savi Bibliot. Ital. (Milan) 9: 158 (1818).
Benincasa cerifera f. emarginata K.Kimura & H.Sugiy. J. Jap. Bot. 36: 70 (1961).
Benincasa hispida var. chieh-qua F.C.How Acta Phytotax. Sin. 3: 76 (1954).
Benincasa vacua (F.Muell.) F.Muell. Syst. Census Austral. Pl. 1: 76 (1882).
Cucurbita farinosa Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 931 (1826).
Cucurbita hispida Thunb. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg., ed. 14.: 868 (1784).
Cucurbita littoralis Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 190 (1844).
Cucurbita vacua F.Muell. Fragm. 6: 186 (1868).
Cucurbita villosa Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 931 (1826).
Lagenaria siceraria var. hispida (Thunb.) H.Hara Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 61: 5 (1948).
Benincasa cylindrica Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 303 (1828), pro syn.
Benincasa pruriens (Parkinson) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes Reinwardtia 12: 268 (2008), not validly publ.
Benincasa pruriens f. hispida (Thunb.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes Sandakania 17: 47 (2008).
Benincasa sinensis Jacques Ann. Fl. Pomone, sér. 2, 1: 193 (1843).
Cucurbita alba Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 344 (1834).
Cucurbita cerifera Fisch. ex Savi Bibliot. Ital. (Milan) 9: 158 (1818).
Cucurbita pruriens Parkinson J. Voy. South Seas: 44 (1773), nom. subnud.
Cucurbita pruriens Seem. J. Bot. 2: 50 (1864).
Gymnopetalum septemlobum Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 679 (1856).
Lagenaria dasystemon Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 81 (1865).
Lagenaria leucantha var. clavata Makino Ill. Fl. Nippon: 89 (1940), no Latin descr.
Lagenaria leucantha var. hispida (Thunb.) Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 18: 24 (1942).
Lagenaria vulgaris var. hispida (Thunb.) Nakai Index Seminum (TI, Tokyo) 1932: 38 (1932).
Pepo farinosus (Blume) Peterm. Pflanzenreich: 438 (1838-1845).
Pepo villosus (Blume) Peterm. Pflanzenreich: 438 (1838-1845).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Benincaea hispida Cogn.	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
Benincasa cerifera	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Benincasa cerifera SAVI	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Benincasa cerifera Savi	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Benincasa cerifera Savi forma emarginata K.Kimura & Sugiyama	Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
Benincasa cerifera Savi.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Benincasa hispida	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Benincasa hispida (Thun. Ex Mur.) Cog.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Benincasa hispida (Thunb. ex Murray) Cogn.	SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015)
Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. in DC.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Pl. (Mun-Chan et al., 1986)
Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. var. chieh-qua How	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Benincasa hispida (Thunb.)Cogn.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Benincasa hispida Cogn.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Benincasa hispida Cogniaux.	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
Benincasa hispida Thunb.	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
Benincasa vacua (F.Muell.)F.Muell.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Benincasia cerifera	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Benincasia cerifera Savi	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Bennincasa hispida(Thunb.) Cogn	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Cucurbita farinosa Bl.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Cucurbita hisipida Thunb.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cucurbita hispida Thunb.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cucurbita littolaris Hassk	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Cucurbita vacua F.Muell.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cucurbita villosa Bl.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Lagenaria siceraria (Molina ) Standl. Var. hispida (Thunb. ) Hara	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standi. var. hispida (Thunb.) Hara	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl. Var. hispida (Thunb.) Hara	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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