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Wax Gourd

Benincasa hispida, the wax gourd, also called ash gourd, white gourd, winter gourd, winter melon, tallow gourd, ash pumpkin, dongah or Chinese preserving melon, is a species of vine.

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Taxonomy

Scientific: Benincasa hispida
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Benincasa
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Cucurbitales
Habit: herb