Cucurbita pepo belongs to the genus Cucurbita; Zucchini belongs to Cucurbita.

2. Cabbage gourd is a variety of Cucurbitaceae. Common vegetable gourd, the skin is blue and white, and it looks like a melon. It is a common vegetable in southern summer.

Edible value:

Cabbage gourd is cold and sweet. It can clear away heat and relieve summer heat, quench thirst and relieve annoyance, and benefit water.

Suitable for various types of edema, such as cardiogenic edema, nephritis edema, ascites due to liver cirrhosis, etc. Suitable for hot and thirsty summer, or when you have a fever and dry mouth. "Qunfangpu": "Zanzi is light, can be cooked, not eaten raw, and eaten every day in summer." Materia Medica of Food: "Benefiting the large intestine and moistening the skin."

3. Zucchini, an annual creeping herb of Cucurbitaceae; The stem is wrinkled. Petiole stout, short bristles; The leaves are hard, erect, triangular, curved, semicircular, dark green at the top, light at the bottom, and rough veins on both sides. Tendrils are slightly stout. Monoecious. Male flowers are solitary; Pedicel stout, angular, short yellow-brown bristles; Calyx lobes linearly lanceolate; Corolla yellow, pointed; Staminal filaments are 65438 0.5 mm long, and anthers are close together. Female flowers are solitary, and the ovary is ovate. The fruit stalk is stout, with obvious furrows, and the fruit stalk becomes thicker or slightly enlarged. The shape of fruit varies from variety to variety; The seeds are oval, white, about 20 mm long, and the edges are arched and obtuse.

Originated in the south of North America, China was introduced and cultivated from Europe in the middle of19th century, and distributed all over the world. Zucchini is rich in vitamin C, glucose and other nutrients, and has the effects of relieving vexation and thirst, moistening lung and relieving cough, clearing away heat and diuresis, and relieving swelling and resolving hard mass. Fruit is used as a vegetable.

Edible value:

Zucchini contains more nutrients such as vitamin C and glucose, especially calcium. The contents of nutrients per 100g edible part (fresh weight) of different varieties are as follows: protein 0.6-0.9g, fat 0. 1-0.2g, cellulose 0.8-0.9g, sugar 2.5-3.3g, carotene 20-40g, vitamin C 2.5-9mg and calcium 22. The fruit of zucchini is cylindrical, small in shape and smooth in surface, so it can be used to pick fresh and tender fruits of vegetables.

Traditional Chinese medicine believes that zucchini has the effects of relieving vexation and thirst, moistening lung and relieving cough, clearing away heat and diuresis, reducing swelling and resolving hard mass. Can be used for adjuvant treatment of polydipsia, edema, abdominal distension, sores, nephritis and ascites due to liver cirrhosis. Can enhance immunity, and has antiviral and antitumor effects; It can promote the secretion of human insulin, effectively prevent diabetes, prevent liver and kidney diseases, and help to enhance the regeneration ability of liver and kidney cells.