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Wax gourd
Wax gourd plant, flower and immature and mature fruit
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values are for edible portion
†Percentages estimated using US recommendations for adults,[2] except for potassium, which is estimated based on expert recommendation from the National Academies.[3]
Benincasa hispida, the wax gourd,[4][5] also called ash gourd,[6]white gourd, winter gourd, winter melon, tallow gourd, ash pumpkin,[6]Chinese preserving melon,[6] is a vine grown for its very large fruit, eaten as a vegetable when mature. It is the only member of the genus Benincasa.
It is native to South and Southeast Asia. The wax gourd is widely grown throughout Asia,[7] including Java and Japan,[8] the places where it is thought to have originated.[9]
One variety of the plant, called chi qua (Benincasa hispida var. chieh-qua), is commonly used in Asian cuisine.[10]
^"Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn". World Flora Online. World Flora Consortium. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
^United States Food and Drug Administration (2024). "Daily Value on the Nutrition and Supplement Facts Labels". Retrieved 2024-03-28.
^National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine; Health and Medicine Division; Food and Nutrition Board; Committee to Review the Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium (2019). Oria, Maria; Harrison, Meghan; Stallings, Virginia A. (eds.). Dietary Reference Intakes for Sodium and Potassium. The National Academies Collection: Reports funded by National Institutes of Health. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US). ISBN 978-0-309-48834-1. PMID 30844154.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^"Wax Gourd". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
^Useful Tropical Plants, 'Benincasa hispida'. Accessed on 2017-11-19.
^ abc"Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database". Retrieved 10 April 2014.
^Gopalakrishnan, T. R. (2007). Vegetable Crops. New Delhi, India: New India Publishing. p. 138. ISBN 978-81-89422-41-7.
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^"Chi qua (Benincasa hispida var. chieh-gua)". NSW Government Department of Primary Industries. State of New South Wales. 20 March 2008. Archived from the original on 2020-05-12. Retrieved 2020-05-11.
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