Zucchini is a variety of Cucurbitaceae and Cucurbitaceae, and it is an annual creeping or trellis herb. The stems are yellow-brown bristles and villous, with grooves. The petiole is stout, the leaf blade is kidney-shaped, the lobes are broadly triangular or ovate, the apex is acute, the edge has small teeth, the veins are slightly convex on the back of the leaf, and it is densely hairy. Monoecious; Flowers are solitary. Bracts ovate or broadly oblong, calyx tube broadly bell-shaped, lobes lanceolate, serrate, reflexed; Corolla yellow, radial, female pedicels densely yellow-brown bristles and villous; The ovary is ovoid or cylindrical, the fruit is small, slightly longer, thicker than cucumber, rough when mature, and there is no waxy powder coating. Seeds ovoid, white or yellowish, compressed, marginal.
Distributed in southern China, especially widely cultivated in Guangdong and Guangxi. Jiegua likes high temperature and is not strict about the length of sunshine. Love wet, not tolerant of waterlogging. The loam or sandy loam with deep soil layer, good drainage, fertility and looseness is the most suitable. The pH value of soil is neutral or slightly alkaline.
The fruit of zucchini can be eaten as a vegetable in summer.