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"url": "https://treescape.app/api/genera/benincasa/?format=api",
"slug": "benincasa",
"latin_name": "Benincasa",
"description": "Benincasa hispida, the wax gourd, also called ash gourd, white gourd, winter gourd, winter melon, tallow gourd, ash pumpkin, Chinese preserving melon, is a vine grown for its very large fruit, eaten as a vegetable when mature. It is the only member of the genus Benincasa.\nIt is native to South and Southeast Asia. The wax gourd is widely grown throughout Asia, including Java and Japan, the places where it is thought to have originated.\nOne variety of the plant, called chi qua (Benincasa hispida var. chieh-qua), is commonly used in Asian cuisine.",
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"image_large": "https://treescape.app/media/plant_species/images/large/benincasa_thumbnail_5SxTBHE.jpg"
}