Chinese: dong gua zi
English: winter melon seed, benincasa seed, wax ground seed
Pharmaceutical: Benincasae Semen
Properties: Sweet, cold
Standard Species: Benincasa cerifera Sevi., Benincasa cerifera Savi forma Emarginata K. Kimura et Sugiyama, Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.
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