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Winter Melon

(Benincasa hispida)

English:

wax gourd/melon, winter gourd, white gourd, Chinese preserving melon, Chinese squash, ash gourd/pumpkin, Chinese wax gurd, fuzzy melon, tallow gourd

Winter melon
Burmese:

kyauk-hpayon
Chinese:

dong gua
Danish:

voksagurk
Filipino:

kondol
French:

courge à la cire, c. cireuse
German:

Wachskürbis, Weißer Kürbis
Hindi:

petha
Indonesian:

bleego
Italian:

benincasa
Japanese:

tougan, kamo-uri
Malay:

kundur
Portuguese:

benincasa, abóbora de água
Spanish:

calabaza branca, c. china
Thai:

phat
Vietnamese:
bí bee



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