This is a test site. The production site with full data is available at GBIF.org
{{nav.loginGreeting}}
  • Get data
      • Occurrences
      • GBIF API
      • Species
      • Datasets
      • Occurrence snapshots
      • Hosted portals
      • Trends
  • How-to
    • Share data

      • Quick-start guide
      • Dataset classes
      • Data hosting
      • Standards
      • Become a publisher
      • Data quality
      • Data papers
    • Use data

      • Featured data use
      • Citation guidelines
      • GBIF citations
      • Citation widget
      • Guides and documentation
  • Tools
    • Publishing

      • IPT
      • Data validator
      • GeoPick
      • New data model
      • GRSciColl
      • Suggest a dataset
      • Metabarcoding data toolkit
    • Data access and use

      • Hosted portals
      • Scientific collections
      • Data processing
      • Derived datasets
      • rgbif
      • pygbif
      • MAXENT
      • Tools catalogue
    • GBIF labs

      • Species matching
      • Name parser
      • Sequence ID
      • Relative observation trends
      • GBIF data blog
  • Community
    • Network

      • Participant network
      • Nodes
      • Publishers
      • Network contacts
      • Community forum
      • alliance for biodiversity knowledge
    • Volunteers

      • Mentors
      • Ambassadors
      • Translators
      • Citizen scientists
    • Activities

      • Capacity development
      • Programmes & projects
      • Training and learning resources
      • Data Use Club
      • Living Atlases
  • About
    • Inside GBIF

      • What is GBIF?
      • Become a member
      • Governance
      • Strategic framework
      • Work Programme
      • Funders
      • Partnerships
      • Release notes
      • Contacts
    • News & outreach

      • News
      • Subscribe
      • Events
      • Awards
      • Science Review
      • Data use
      • Thematic communities
  • User profile

Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Cogn. (1881). In: DC. Monogr. Phan. 3: 513.

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Cucurbitales
family
Cucurbitaceae
genus
Benincasa
species
Benincasa hispida

Name

Synonyms
Benincasa cerifera Savi
Benincasa cerifera f. emarginata K.Kimura & H.Sugiy.
Benincasa cylindrica Ser.
Benincasa hispida var. chieh-qua F.C.How
Benincasa hispida var. hispida
Benincasa pruriens f. hispida (Thunb.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes
Cucurbita alba Roxb.
Cucurbita alba Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
Cucurbita cerifera Fisch. ex Savi
Cucurbita farinosa Blume
Cucurbita hispida Thunb.
Cucurbita littoralis Hassk.
Cucurbita pruriens Sol.
Cucurbita pruriens Sol. ex G.Forst.
Cucurbita villosa Blume
Gymnopetalum septemlobum Miq.
Lagenaria dasystemon Miq.
Lagenaria leucantha var. clavata Makino
Lagenaria leucantha var. hispida (Thunb.) Nakai
Lagenaria siceraria var. hispida (Thunb.) H.Hara
Homonyms
Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.
Common names
Chinese preserving-melon in English
Chinese-watermelon in English
Wachskürbis in German
Waxgourd in English
abóbora-d'água in Portuguese
aroro, aroroi, hue in language.
ash gourd in English
ash gourd in English
ash-pumpkin in English
benincasa in French
calabaza blanca in Spanish
courge cireuse in French
courge à cire in French
dong gua in language.
donga in language.
hue puòo in language.
huehue, hue, puòo hue in language.
kundor in Malay
kundur in Indonesian
pastèque de Chine in French
petha in language.
tōgan in language.
vaxpumpa in Swedish
wax gourd in English
waxgourd in English
white gourd in English
white gourd in English
white-pumpkin in English
winter melon in English
winter-melon in English
동아 in language.
What is GBIF? API FAQ Newsletter Privacy Terms and agreements Citation Code of Conduct Acknowledgements
Contact GBIF Secretariat Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Denmark
GBIF is a Global Core Biodata Resource