Liber Herbarum Minor (English)
The incomplete reference-guide to Herbal medicine

Rev.21-06-2019

Winter melon ↔ Cathartic

Plant

Family

Gourd Family / Cucumber Family, cucurbits (Cucurbitaceae)

English

Winter melon, Ash gourd, Chinese preserving-melon, Chinese wax gourd, Tallow gourd, Waxgourd, White gourd, Winter gourd

Latin

Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn., Benincasa cerifera Savi, Benincasa hispida (Turnv.) Cogn., Benincasa cerifera

Plantparts

epicarp, Fruit, Seeds, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Cathartic, laxative, aperient, catharic, movements of the bowel, purgative

Plantparts

Methods of Preparation

Methods of Use

--Not specified
Source: LiberHerbarum/XPn2552Sn0018

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