Benincasa

Benincasa
Benincasa hispida plant, flower and immature and mature fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Subfamily: Cucurbitoideae
Tribe: Benincaseae
Genus: Benincasa
Savi (1818)
Species
Synonyms
  • Camolenga Post & Kuntze (1903)
  • Praecitrullus Pangalo (1944)

Benincasa is a genus of flowering plants in the cucumber family, Cucurbitaceae. It includes two species native to Indomalaya and Australasia:

  • Benincasa fistulosa (Stocks) H.Schaef. & S.S.Renner – tinda
  • Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. – wax gourd
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