There is no difference between wok gourd and pumpkin.

Pumpkin is the scientific name of the nest of squash, various places called different, but also some people called fanggua, rice gourd, etc., in some places in Henan, long shaped pumpkin is called the nest of squash.

Pumpkin, cucurbitaceae pumpkin genus of a species, annual trailing herbs, stems often nodes rooted, petiole stout, leaf blade broadly ovate or ovoid, slightly soft, veins raised, tendrils slightly stout, monoecious, fruiting pedicels stout, with ribs and grooves, depending on the species, often with a number of longitudinal grooves outside or no, the seeds are most of them, long ovate or oblong.

Chinese pumpkin varieties

① honeybourne pumpkin: early hybrids, the bottom of the fruit is enlarged, the melon body is slightly longer, similar to the shape of the papaya, the old ripe fruit is yellow, with light yellow spots. The flesh is fine, sweet and sticky. Full-life span of 95 days, single fruit weight of about 2 kg, strong resistance to virus disease.

② yellow wolf pumpkin: Shanghai excellent local varieties, also known as small gate pumpkin. The plant growth potential is strong, thick stem trails, more branches, long internodes. The first female flower was born in the main vine fifteenth to sixteen sections, and then every one to three sections of female flowers.