Cucurbitaceae
Wax gourd
Benincasa hispida
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Benincasa
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Common names
By language (64)
- Arabic
- قرع شمعي, القرع الشمعي, كالاباش شعري السداة
- arz
- قرع شمعى
- Assamese
- চাল কোমোৰা
- ban
- Beligo
- Bangla
- চালকুমড়া
- Bhojpuri
- भतुआ, उज्जर कद्दू, पेठा, विंटर मेलन
- bik
- Tangkwa
- bjn
- Kundur
- bo
- ཀུབ་དཀར།
- Bulgarian
- Бенинкаса, Восъчна тиква, Зимна тиква
- Burmese
- ကျောက်ဖရုံပင်
- Cantonese
- 冬瓜, 節瓜
- cdo
- Guōng-guā
- Cebuano
- Benincasa
- Chinese
- 冬瓜, 瓠子, 节瓜, 冬瓜叶, 冬瓜子, 冬瓜瓤, 冬瓜皮, 冬瓜藤
- Czech
- Beninkasa voskonosná, Tykev vosková
- Dutch
- Waspompoen, Waskalebas
- English
- Wax gourd, Waxgourd, Ash gourd, Ash pumpkin, Chinese preserving melon, Tallow gourd, White gourd, Winter gourd
- Esperanto
- Vakskukurbo
- Estonian
- Vahakõrvits
- Filipino
- Kundol, Abong kalabasa, Abong kalabasang ligaw, Kalabasang abo, Kalabasang may pagkit, Kalabasang puti, Kondul, Kongdol
- Finnish
- Vahakurpitsa
- French
- Courge cireuse
- German
- Wachskürbis, Wintermelone
- hak
- Tûng-koâ
- Hindi
- सफेद कद्दू, भतुआ, राख लौकी
- Hungarian
- Viasztök, Fehértök
- iba
- Chelau
- Indonesian
- Beligo, Bligo, Kundur
- Japanese
- トウガン, とうがん, カモウリ, トウガ, トウガシ, トウガニン, 冬瓜, 冬瓜仁
- Javanese
- Bloncèng
- Kannada
- ಬೂದುಗುಂಬಳ
- Khmer
- ត្រឡាច
- Korean
- 동아
- lah
- پیٹھا کدو
- Macedonian
- Восочна тиква
- mad
- Konḍur
- Maithili
- कुमहर
- Malay
- Kundur
- Malayalam
- കുമ്പളം, Winter melon, കുമ്പളങ്ങ, തടിയൻ കായ്, നെയ് കുമ്പളങ്ങ
- Manipuri
- ꯇꯣꯔꯣꯕꯣꯠ
- Marathi
- कोहळा, कोहळे, कोहाळा
- mnc
- ᠴᡳᡵᡴᡠ ᡥᡝᠩᡴᡝ
- nan
- Tang-koe
- Nepali
- कुभिण्डो
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Voksagurk
- Persian
- خربزه قصبه
- Polish
- Beninkaza szorstka, Beninkaza, Beninkaza woskodajna, Woszcza, Woszcza szorstka
- Portuguese
- Abóbora-d'água
- Punjabi
- ਪੇਠਾ ਕੱਦੂ
- Russian
- Восковая тыква
- Sanskrit
- कूष्माण्डम्
- sat
- ᱠᱩᱢᱰᱷᱟᱹ
- scn
- Cucuzza
- shn
- တူၼ်ႈမၢၵ်ႇပၵ်ႉမူၼ်ႇ, တူၼ်ႈပၵ်ႉမိူၼ်ႇ, ပၵ်ႉမူၼ်ႇ, မၢၵ်ႇပၵ်ႉမူၼ်ႇ
- Sindhi
- پيٺو
- Sundanese
- Baligo
- Tamil
- நீற்றுப்பூசணி
- Telugu
- బూడిద గుమ్మడి
- Thai
- ฟักเขียว, ฟักแฟง
- Ukrainian
- Бенінказа
- Vietnamese
- Bí đao
- wuu
- 冬瓜
- za
- Lwgfaeg, Cietgva
Synonyms
- Benincasa cerifera Savi
- Benincasa cylindrica hort. ex Ser.
- Benincasa hispida var. chieh-qua F.C.How
- Benincasa hispida var. hispida
- Benincasa pruriens (Seem.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes
- Benincasa pruriens f. hispida (Thunb.) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes
- Benincasa vacua (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
- Cucurbita alba Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
- Cucurbita farinosa Blume
- Cucurbita hispida Thunb.
- Cucurbita littoralis Hassk.
- Cucurbita pruriens Parkinson
- Cucurbita pruriens Seem.
- Cucurbita vacua F.Muell.
- Cucurbita villosa Blume
- Gymnopetalum septemlobum Miq.
- Lagenaria dasystemon Miq.
- Lagenaria leucantha var. clavata Makino
- Lagenaria leucantha var. hispida (Thunb.) Nakai
- Lagenaria siceraria var. hispida (Thunb.) H.Hara
- Lagenaria vulgaris var. hispida (Thunb.) Nakai
- Pepo farinosus (Blume) Peterm.
- Pepo villosus (Blume) Peterm.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced
Photos
Photo: Suyash.dwivedi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: jaberag, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF Photo: anilkumar ayyappan, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.