NCCWDB

Benincasa hispida / Wax gourd / 冬瓜

  • Introduction
    Benincasa hispida petioles stout, 5-20 cm long, covered with yellowish-brown bristles and pubescence, leaves kidney-like nearly rounded, 15-30 cm wide, 5-7 shallowly lobed or sometimes meso-lobed, lobes broadly triangular or ovate, apex acutely acuminate, margins with small teeth, base deeply heart-shaped, curved and open, nearly rounded, dark, The width is 2.5-3.5 cm, the surface is dark green, slightly rough, sparsely pubescent, gradually shedding when old, becoming nearly glabrous, the back is rough, grayish-white, with coarse bristles, the veins are slightly raised on the back of the leaf, densely hairy. The tendrils are 2-3 bifurcated, covered with coarse bristles and pubescence.
  • Common name: / Wax gourd / 冬瓜
  • Taxonomy: Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; fabids; Cucurbitales; Cucurbitaceae; Benincaseae; Benincasa

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