Wax gourd (as plant) A05DX Extended term * Natural sources **

Live plant organism of the taxonomic group Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. The group is relevant for the list of Botanicals. The plant is a member of the family Cucurbitaceae. The plant is commonly known as Wax gourd. The part considered is by default the whole living organism.

Extended term (Level of detail)

A fine-grained food term, suitable as a base term in a FoodEx2 code. ↩

Natural sources (Type of Term)

The living organism a food ultimately comes from — a plant, animal or similar. It describes origin (where a food starts in the food chain) rather than being a food you would eat. ↩

Implicit facet descriptors *

Descriptors marked are not part of "Botanicals" and open in their own default hierarchy.

Facet descriptor

Implicit facet descriptors are characteristics a food already implies, so they are left out of its FoodEx2 code. For example, "smoked salmon" (A02KF) implies the facet descriptor "smoking" (F28.A07JV); because the term itself already conveys it, it is not added to the code. ↩

Narrower terms

These are child terms of the current term, "Wax gourd (as plant)".

Wax gourd (as plant) has no narrower terms in Botanicals.

Associated terms

These terms refer to "Wax gourd (as plant)" through a facet — a relationship that cuts across all hierarchies, not just "Botanicals". Links stay in "Botanicals" where the term also appears; those marked are not part of it and open in their own default hierarchy.

Source F01

Sibling terms

Other terms sharing the same "Cucurbitaceae - family (as plant)" parent term.

Record metadata

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17.1
Valid from
30 Oct 2014, 00:00
Valid to
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Last update
28 Apr 2026, 18:27