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 |
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