Shark's fin melon is rich in nutrition, with crisp shredded pork and unique flavor. It is a low-calorie food with the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, diminishing inflammation and relieving pain, lowering blood pressure and losing weight. The shredded melon is raw and edible, delicious, crisp and delicious, and can also be processed into frozen shredded melon, dried and spicy shredded melon, dehydrated shredded melon and so on.

The nutritional and medicinal value is extremely high: every 5g of fresh melon meat contains 3.2g of protein, no fat, 13g of carbohydrate, .8g of iron, 17mg of calcium, 87mg of phosphorus, .8mg of niacin, .8mg of ammonium sulfate, .8mg of riboflavin and 2mg of bad blood acid. In particular, it contains "fenugreek alkali" that ordinary melons do not have, and propanedioic acid and other substances that can regulate human metabolism, and it is known as "green and healthy fruits and vegetables".

The shark's fin melon is oblong in shape, resembling wax gourd. There is a green or golden shell, the shell is hard and the skin is smooth and beautiful. Known as "plant jellyfish" and "natural vermicelli", it is also called "vegetarian shark fin".

shark's fin melon is not real shark's fin, because its flesh is a little bit, and its flesh resembles shark's fin, so it is named shark's fin.

It is a rare variety of vegetables. Because of its precious and auspicious pronunciation, it is very popular in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. Now it is also planted in Hubei, Shandong and Jiangxi.

Emperor Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River and tasted this melon. It is said that he wrote an inscription praising it. "clear your heart and quench your thirst, crisp and refreshing."