Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.

 
  • Family : CUCURBITACEAE
    (Gourd Or Melon Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : KHARBOOZA FAMILY (खरबूजा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : CALCEOLARIACEAE
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.
  • Common name : Ash or White Gourd, Wax gourd, White Gourd Melon
  • Vernacular name : Boodakumbala (Kannada); Kooshmaanda (Sanskrit); Elavan, Kumbalam, Neyakumbalam (Malayalam); Panikakharu (Oria); Petha (Hindi); Boodida gummadi (Telugu)
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Cultivated
  • Comments / notes : Widely naturalized in Tropical Asia. Frequent in wasteland.
  • Flower, Fruit : October-January
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Native : Java
  • World Distribution : Tropical Asia
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature : Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Benincasa hispida. Downloaded on 3 June 2024.

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