Pumpkin (nangua) (Cucurbita moschata) is commonly known as pumpkin, pumpkin, and pumpkin. It is native to South America and later introduced to my country. Annual trailing herb. The stem is several meters long, with roots at the nodes, thick, furrowed, covered with short bristles, and the tendrils are divided into 3 to 4 forks. The single leaves are alternate, heart-shaped or broadly ovate, with 5 lobes and 5 corners, slightly soft, 15-30 cm long, densely covered with hairs on both sides, often with white spots along the edges and on the leaf surface, and irregular serrations on the edges. Flowers solitary, monoecious and dioecious. Male flowers have short receptacles. The calyx lobes are linear and the top is enlarged into a leaf shape. The corolla is bell-shaped, yellow, with 5 central lobes, the lobes are outward and crepe-like. 3 stamens. The anthers are close together, and the anther chambers are regularly S-shaped. The calyx of female flowers is significantly lobed, leaf-shaped, the ovary is round or oval, 1-celled, the style is short, the stigma is 3, each with 2 lobes. Gourd fruit, oblate spherical, pot-shaped, cylindrical, etc., with longitudinal grooves and bulges on the surface, smooth or knob-like protrusions. It is shaped like an orange petal and ranges from orange-yellow to orange-red. The fruit stalk has ribs and the melon base expands into a trumpet shape. Seeds are ovate or oval, 1.5 to 2 cm long, gray-white or yellow-white, with thin edges. The flowering period is from May to July, and the fruiting period is from July to September. It is native to southern Asia and is cultivated around the world. The fruits are used as vegetables; the seeds contain oil and are edible. The seeds (pumpkin seeds) and melon pedicles are often used as medicine to repel insects, strengthen the spleen, and reduce lactation.

Pumpkin contains starch, protein, carotene, vitamin B, vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus and other ingredients. It is rich in nutrients and is often eaten by rural people. It is increasingly valued by urban people. Not only does it have high food value. And it has a therapeutic effect that cannot be ignored. According to "Southern Yunnan Materia Medica", pumpkin is warm in nature, sweet in taste and non-toxic. It enters the spleen and stomach meridians and can moisten the lungs and replenish qi, reduce phlegm and thicken phlegm, expel parasites and detoxify, treat cough and asthma, and treat lung abscess and constipation. It also has diuretic and beautifying effects. In recent years, research and experiments by medical experts and scholars at home and abroad have shown that eating pumpkin can also treat prostate hypertrophy (pumpkin seeds can treat prostate hypertrophy), prevent prostate cancer, prevent and treat arteriosclerosis and gastric mucosal ulcers, treat diabetes, and treat stones.

The family genus is the fruit of the pumpkin, a plant in the Cucurbitaceae family.

Also known as Japanese melon, pumpkin, wheat melon and rice melon.

Pumpkin

Open categories: Food, vegetables, weapons, ceremonial guards, horticultural plants

Horticultural plants

Scientific name: Cucurbita pepo L. var . Kintoga Mak.

Also known as ornamental pumpkin, ornamental zucchini, and melon

Classification Cucurbitaceae, Cucurbita genus

It is the gardening plant of this genus, zucchini. variant.

Shape: annual herbaceous vine. With tendrils, leaves are large, broad-ovate with angular edges or lobes. The flowers are yellow, unisexual, born in the leaf axils, and are monoecious. The fruit is a gourd, bright orange-red when ripe, sometimes golden or orange-yellow, and the lower part is often gray-green. The shell is hard and does not crack. The part near the handle (usually hanging at the top) is thick and oblate, and the lower part is obviously tapered into three protrusions, and the overall shape is slightly like an incense burner. With many seeds. The fruit viewing period is from July to October.

It is native to tropical South America and is now widely cultivated.

It likes warmth and strong nature, and requires loose and fertile soil.

Propagation, cultivation, sowing and propagation. Sowing in April can be done by direct seeding or transplanting.

The cultivation soil should be fertilized with sufficient base fertilizer, and top-dressing fertilizer should be applied frequently during the growing season. Requires a frame for climbing.

Application: Fruit-bearing plants can be cultivated and ornamented in front of and behind the house, and can also be displayed on desks.

It can also be eaten and used as medicine to treat asthma and coughs.

Vegetables

The scientific name is Cucurbita pepo L. var. medullosa Alef.

Also known as stir melon, golden luffa, watermelon

Classification Cucurbitaceae (Cucurbitaceae), Cucurbita

Also a variety of squash.

The shapes include long vines, medium vines, and short vines. The plants, flowers, and fruits are similar to ordinary zucchini. Features: golden yellow skin, and the flesh can be separated by heating or freezing (by stirring, hence the name stir melon) ) is a filament with a diameter of about 2mm, so it is also called "natural vermicelli".

Originally produced in tropical South America, the main producing areas in my country are Chongming County in Shanghai, Woyang County in Anhui, Jingmen City in Hubei and other places.

Pumpkin has been cultivated in Chongming for more than a hundred years and is a traditional specialty of Chongming.

Pumpkin is tender, fragrant, crunchy and refreshing. It is a top-quality dish with good color, fragrance and flavor in families, restaurants and hotels. It enjoys the reputation of "plant jellyfish". Pumpkin is not only delicious, but also rich in nutrients. In addition to a variety of vitamins needed by the human body, it also contains phosphorus, iron, calcium and other nutrients that are easily absorbed by the body. It also has good curative effect on hypertension, coronary heart disease, obesity, etc. in the elderly.