White melon is also called slightly melon, raw melon, many melon, crisp melon and so on. , belonging to Cucurbitaceae. The skin of white melon is smooth, with longitudinal lines, juicy and crisp. It can be eaten raw, cooked, made into soup and so on.

Morphological characteristics: annual creeping herbs; Stems densely covered with yellow-brown hairs. Tendrils are often divided into 2-3 forks; Petiole stout; Leaf blade kidney-shaped, nearly round, wide 10-30 cm, deep basal bay, 5-7-lobed or sometimes dehiscent, with small serrations on the edge and bristles on both sides. Monoecious; Flowers solitary, pedicels with coarse hairs; Calyx lobes serrate, reflexed; Corolla yellow, radial, lobes broadly obovate, 3-6 cm long; Stamens 3, meristem, with many bends; Ovary ovoid or cylindrical, densely yellow-brown bristles, stigma 3, 2-lobed. The fruit is long cylindrical or nearly spherical, large, hairy and white powder; Seeds ovoid, white or yellowish, compressed.

Food name: white melon, containing 92g of edible parts per100g. Calories (kcal): 10 B 1 thiamine (mg): .02 calcium (mg):