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Benincasa hispida

(Thunb.) Cogn. (1881)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Rosids Order: Cucurbitales Family: Cucurbitaceae Genus: Benincasa

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Specimens

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Bibliography

Name Published In: A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 513 (1881)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Benincasa hispida PTBG plant accn. #: 87 0061 Preserved_Specimen Wide spreading vine with irritating hairs. Leaves above dull dark green, below paler, glossy. Flowers 6-7 cm across; calyx green; petals pale yellow, dull exterior, with veins mostly green, interior butter yellow, dull, with glossy green spot in throat. Hume, L. 274 Kauai BISH 1987-08-13
2 Benincasa hispida Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai Preserved_Specimen Wide sprawling vine with irritating hairs. Leaves above dull dark green, below lighter, usually glossy. Flowers 6-7 cm. across. Calyx green. Petals pale yellow, dull outside with veins mostly green; inside butter yellow, dull with glossy green center. In male flowers, stamens pale yellow, in female basal crown below stigma greenish yellow, style almost white, stigma pale yellow. Hume, L. 274 Kauai BISH 1987-08-08
3 Benincasa hispida Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai Preserved_Specimen Wide sprawling vine with irritating hairs. Leaves above dull dark green, below lighter, usually glossy. Flowers 6-7 cm. across. Calyx green. Petals pale yellow, dull outside with veins mostly green; inside butter yellow, dull with glossy green center. In male flowers, stamens pale yellow, in female basal crown below stigma greenish yellow, style almost white, stigma pale yellow. Hume, L. 274 Kauai BISH 1987-08-08
4 Benincasa hispida UH campus, Sherman Laboratory Preserved_Specimen A prostrate vine growing untended in full sun. The corollas of both the male and female flowers are canary yellow and odorless. Lau, J. 1810 Oahu BISH 1986-01-06
5 Benincasa hispida PTBG, Lawai Valley Preserved_Specimen Wide-spreading vine with irritating hairs. Leaves above dull dark green, below paler, glossy. Flowers 6-7 cm across; calyx green; petals pale yellow, dull exterior, with veins mostly green, interior yellow, dull, with glossy green spot in throat; male flowers stamens pale yellow, female has basal crown below stigma greenish-yellow, style~white, stigma pale yellow Hume, L. 274 Kauai BISH 1987-08-13
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