Pumpkin is a plant of Cucurbitaceae. Due to different places of origin, the names are different. Also known as wheat melon, pumpkin, pumpkin and golden wax gourd, Taiwanese dialect is called golden melon, which is native to North America. Pumpkins are planted all over China, while Hokkaido is the main product in Japan. The tender fruit is sweet and palatable, and it is one of the melons and vegetables in summer and autumn. Old melons can be used as feed or miscellaneous grains, so many places are also called rice melons. Pumpkins are often used to make pumpkin pie in the west, that is, pumpkin cookies. Pumpkin seeds can be used as snacks. Basic information Cucurbita moschata (Cucurbita moschata) is commonly known as Cucurbita, Cucurbita and Cucurbita. Originated in southern Asia, the other is Central and South America, which was introduced to China a long time ago, so it is called "Chinese pumpkin". Annual creeping herb. The stem is several meters long, takes root at the nodes, is thick, furrowed, short and hard-haired, and the tendrils are divided into 3-4 forks. Simple leaves alternate, the leaves are heart-shaped or broadly ovate, 5-lobed and 5-angled, slightly soft, 15-3 cm long, densely hairy on both sides, with white spots along the edges and leaves, and irregular serrations on the edges. Flowers are solitary and monoecious. Male flower receptacle short. Calyx lobes are linear, and the top expands into leaves. Corolla bell-shaped, yellow, 5-cleft, lobes abduction, with crepe. 3 stamens. Anthers are connivent, and anthers are regularly S-shaped. Female flower calyx is obviously lobed, leaflike, ovary is round or oval, 1-loculed, style is short, stigma 3, 2-lobed each. Fruit is oblate, pot-shaped, cylindrical, etc., with longitudinal grooves and bulges on the surface, smooth or tumor-like protrusions. Like orange petals, ranging from orange yellow to orange red. The fruit stalk is grooved, and the pedicel expands into a trumpet shape. Seeds oval or oval, 1.5 ~ 2 cm long, grayish white or yellowish white, with thin edges. The flowering period is May to July, and the fruiting period is July to September. Originated in southern Asia, it is cultivated all over the world. Fruits are used as vegetables; Seeds are edible with oil, and seeds (pumpkin seeds) and pedicels are often used as medicine, which can repel insects, strengthen the spleen and suckle. Widely planted in China, its fruit is edible, and at the same time, pumpkin is popular in rural areas as both a vegetable and a substitute for grain. In recent years, people have found that pumpkins can not only satisfy hunger, but also have certain dietotherapy value, so earthy pumpkins can be put on the table. Pumpkin (big fruit) is called golden melon in southern Zhejiang, Fujian, Taiwan Province and Dongping, and also called north melon and pumpkin in some parts of Henan province. Morphological characteristics Cucurbita Moschata (Duch. Exlam.) Duch. Expoiret 1. An annual dicotyledonous herb, which can climb vines and has a pentagonal cross section. The leaves are heart-shaped Flowers are yellow, fruits are generally oblate or pear-shaped, green when tender and reddish brown when mature. Fruits can be used as vegetables and seeds can be eaten. Fruits of some varieties of Cucurbitaceae, such as Cucurbita pepo or Cucurbita moschata. Some varieties of these two species are called pumpkin and squash, and the names are not consistent, especially in the United States. In America, the fast-growing, shrubby (or non-creeping) variety of zucchini is called pumpkin. A large fruit variety with long vines and long growing season is called pumpkin. The fruit is large, generally weighing 4 ~ 8 kg (9 ~ 18 lbs) or more, yellowish to orange, oblate, spherical to oblong. Pericarp smooth, usually with shallow grooves or ribs. The fruit stalk is hard, woody and angular; The junction between the fruit handle and the fruit of zucchini does not swell. A giant variety called winter pumpkin, the fruit can weigh 34 kilograms (75 pounds) or more. Plants have extremely long vines, and usually one, two or three plants are planted at a time on small mounds which are about 2.5 ~ 3 meters (8 ~ 1 feet) apart. The fruit ripens in early autumn, and the winter pumpkin can be stored in a dry place for several months above freezing point.