Wax gourd
species of plant, winter melon
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Summary
Wax gourd is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.54% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,780 views/month, #1,054 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- Parent taxon: Benincasa[4]
- Taxon name: Benincasa hispida[5]
- Has use: medicinal plant[6], vegetable[7], food[8]
- Commons category: Benincasa hispida[9]
- Has basionym: Cucurbita hispida[10]
- External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/93725bf2-6ada-47f9-bd5e-0e679e3d245e[11]
- Described by source: Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao[12], Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 73(1)[13]
- GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=6746[14]
- This taxon is source of: Benincasae Semen[15], wax gourd[16]
- Short name: B. hispida[17]
- Taxon common name: waxgourd[18], 冬瓜[19], 冬瓜子[20], 冬瓜皮[21], 蒲种壳[22], 瓠子（变种）[23], 冬瓜藤[24], 节瓜[25], 瓠子[26], 瓠子子[27], 冬瓜瓤[28], 冬瓜叶[29]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[30]
- Taxon author citation: Thunb. Cogn.[31], (Thunb.) Cogn.[32]
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Identifiers
Wax gourd's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 283076[33]. Wax gourd's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 102211[34]. Wax gourd's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 484058[35]. Wax gourd's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2874524[36]. Wax gourd's ITIS TSN is recorded as 505894[37].
Why It Matters
Wax gourd has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]