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Benincasa
	Benincasa hispida plant, flower and immature and mature fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Cucurbitales
Family:	Cucurbitaceae
Subfamily:	Cucurbitoideae
Tribe:	Benincaseae
Genus:	Benincasa; Savi (1818)
Species
	Benincasa fistulosa (Stocks) H.Schaef. & S.S.Renner; Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn.;
Synonyms
	Camolenga Post & Kuntze (1903); Praecitrullus Pangalo (1944);

Benincasa is a genus of flowering plants in the cucumber family, Cucurbitaceae. It includes two species native to Indomalaya and Australasia:

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