White pumpkin: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) White pumpkin in English is the name of a plant defined with Benincasa hispida in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Benincasa hispida Cogn. (among others).
2) White pumpkin is also identified with Lagenaria siceraria It has the synonym Cucurbita idolatrica Willd. (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Darwiniana (1946)
· J. Cytol. Genet. (1996)
· Ceylon J. Sci., Biol. Sci. (1995)
· Memoria sopra una pianta cucurbitacea. (1818)
· Journal of Economic and Taxonomic Botany (1996)
· Systema Vegetabilium, ed. 14 (1784)
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