Wax gourd

Summary

Wax gourd is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.54% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (652 views/month, #1,054 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Wax gourd's image is recorded as सफेद कद्दू, राख लौकी, भोपाल 01.jpg^[3].
• Wax gourd's instance of is recorded as taxon^[4].
• Wax gourd's taxon rank is recorded as species^[5].
• Wax gourd's parent taxon is recorded as Benincasa^[6].
• Wax gourd's taxon name is recorded as Benincasa hispida^[7].
• Wax gourd's has use is recorded as medicinal plant^[8].
• Wax gourd's has use is recorded as vegetable^[9].
• Wax gourd's has use is recorded as food^[10].
• Wax gourd's Commons category is recorded as Benincasa hispida^[11].
• Wax gourd's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q9610 (ben)-Titodutta-চালকুমড়া.wav^[12].
• Wax gourd's has basionym is recorded as Cucurbita hispida^[13].
• Wax gourd's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02cvgx^[14].
• Wax gourd's UNII is recorded as L30JO5MGMO^[15].
• Wax gourd's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 102211^[16].
• Wax gourd's ITIS TSN is recorded as 505894^[17].
• Wax gourd's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 484058^[18].
• Wax gourd's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2874524^[19].
• Wax gourd's Tropicos ID is recorded as 9200418^[20].
• Wax gourd's IPNI plant ID is recorded as 291515-1^[21].
• Wax gourd's Plant List ID is recorded as kew-2673135^[22].
• Wax gourd's external data available at URL is recorded as https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e^[23].
• Wax gourd's described by source is recorded as Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao^[24].
• Wax gourd's described by source is recorded as Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 73(1)^[25].
• Wax gourd's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as plant/wax-gourd^[26].
• Wax gourd's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=6746^[27].

Why It Matters

Wax gourd ranks in the top 0.54% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (652 views/month, #1,054 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]