Winter melon is called winter melon because its melon meat is like snowflake, with thick skin and a layer of white powder on it, which makes people mistakenly think it is produced in winter, so it is called winter melon, but it can also be called white melon.

First, why is winter melon called winter melon?

1, the appearance of wax gourd is attached with substances similar to winter frost, which makes people mistakenly think that it is produced in winter, and the melon meat inside is like snowflakes, so it is called wax gourd. Winter melon is cool in summer and autumn, and looks very pleasing to the eye, so it can also be called white melon.

2. Wax gourd is an annual creeping or trellis herb of Cucurbitaceae and Wax gourd, which has yellow-brown villous stems and bristles, stout petioles, wrinkles, rough bristles and villosity, monoecious flowers, nearly spherical or long cylindrical fruits, large hoarfrost and bristles, and oval seeds.

3. Wax gourd is mainly distributed in other tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, and cultivated all over China. Distributed in eastern Australia and Madagascar. There are wild people in the south of China (Xishuangbanna), but the fruit type is small.

Second, the value of wax gourd

1. Wax gourd includes pulp, seeds and pulp, and is rich in nutrients such as protein, vitamins, carbohydrates, compounds and mineral elements. Fat-free, dietary fiber up to 0.8%. It is rich in nutrition and reasonable in structure. The calculation of nutritional quality index shows that wax gourd is a healthy and high-quality food. The propanol diacid contained in wax gourd can effectively inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat, and both seeds and skins can be eaten.

2. Wax gourd has high yield, low planting cost, rich nutrition, strong heat resistance, storage and transportation resistance, crisp and juicy, and white meat. It is a good storage-resistant vegetable and a raw material suitable for modern agricultural products processing. Wax gourd is widely used in the processing of various new foods and health care crystals. Studying the comprehensive utilization technology of wax gourd is of practical significance to comprehensively enhance the value of wax gourd and increase farmers' income.