Benincasa

Benincasa subsp. var.
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Benincasa (name of an Italian nobleman). Cucurbitaceae. Annual running squash-like herbs grown sparingly for the edible fruits. Leaves 5-lobed soft-hairy: fls. solitary, yellow, monoecious, the staminate long-peduncled, the pistillate nearly sessile; corolla deeply lobed; tendrils 2-3- branched.—Two species in Trop. Asia. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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