Xizhou Honeydew Melon is grown in Xinjiang and Hainan, China.

Xizhou honeydew melon is a cultivar of the variety Cucurbita pepo, a genus of melons in the family Cucurbitaceae.

Annual creeping or climbing herb; stem, branches angular, hispid and warty. Tendrils slender puberulent. Petiole sulcate and shortly setose; leaf blade thickly papery, suborbicular or reniform, rough and white hispid above, abaxially densely hispid along veins, margin undivided or 3-7-lobed.

Flowers unisexual, monoecious. Male flowers clustered in leaf axils, corolla yellow. Female flowers solitary; ovary long ellipsoid. Fruit epidermis dark green, light green or yellowish, reticulated in varying shades, flesh thick and textured with orange-red center.

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. p>I. Morphological characteristics

Annual creeping or climbing herb; stem and branches angular, with yellow-brown or white hispid and warty projections. Tendrils slender, single, puberulent. Petiole 8-12 cm, sulcate and shortly setose; leaf blade thickly papery, suborbicular or reniform, 8-15 cm long, 8-15 cm wide, scabrous above, white hispid, abaxially densely hispid along the veins, margins undivided or 3-7-lobed, lobe apex rounded, serrate, base truncate or with a semicircular curved emargination, with palmate veins.

Second, nutritional value

1, Xizhou honey taste sweet, cold, with the tranquility of the heart and mind, cure hunger, diuresis, beneficial to the qi, clearing lung heat, cough effect.

2, Xizhou honey pulp is conducive to urination, quench thirst, in addition to the heat, preventing summer heat, etc., can be used to treat fever, sunstroke, thirst, urinary tract infections, mouth and face sores and so on.

3, Xizhou honey rich in vitamins A, B, C vitamins, can ensure that the body to maintain a normal metabolism needs, to relieve the physical and mental exhaustion of people.

4, Xizhou honey is rich in dietary fiber, can effectively promote gastrointestinal peristalsis detoxification, help the human body laxative.

5, Xizhou honey contains a large number of antioxidants, can resist the cell damage caused by oxygen free radicals, slow aging, skin whitening effect.

6, Xizhou honey contains a lot of iron, 2-3 times more than chicken, 17 times higher than milk, can enhance the body's hematopoietic function, is very suitable for anemic patients.

Three, domestic honeydew melon types

1, Maelong honeydew melon

Recently more red-hot new varieties of Maelong honeydew melon, is said to be the introduction of Japanese varieties planted in the country and become a honeydew melon packaging is very Japanese flavor, the price of about 30 to 40 yuan each, the melon flesh is soft and sweetness is also quite high.

2, Xizhou honey

When it comes to Xinjiang cantaloupe, the recognition is still quite high! Among the more famous varieties is Xizhou honey 25, it is oval-shaped, shaped like an olive, thin skin and the surface of the white tendons densely woven, flesh color yellow, two words: crisp sweet!

3, Meteor Shower honeydew melon

Because the pattern of the rind similar to a meteor shower and named, said to be a honeydew melon from Japan's varieties, planted in Hainan farms, production is limited, a vine only a melon.

It is about the size of a small watermelon melon body, skin white with green stripes and dotted pattern, melon flesh color white as crystal jade, known as the melon in the "white rich beauty". This meteor shower honeydew melon sweetness up to 17% or so, the flavor is more sweet than cantaloupe, water, crunchy texture, about 20 yuan per 500 grams.

4, Jin Hongbao

Gansu Minqin honeydew melon, the most representative of the most than known as the "Gobi Golden Egg" Jin Hongbao honeydew melon. Every year from July to September, it is the fruit period of the Golden Red Treasure honeydew melon. After 180 days of growth, a golden fruit grows in the rough desert soil. Cutting into the flesh, the mouth is sweet, with a sugar level of up to 16 degrees.

5, Bailan melon

Bailan melon, also known as Lanzhou honeydew melon, the original name of Wallace, originally produced in the United States, is now a specialty of Lanzhou, Lanzhou City, Chengguan District, Qingbaishi Township, the land near the desert of Minqin County produced the most famous. Bailan melon is a kind of thick-skinned melon, its shape is bulbous, yellowish-white skin, flesh and fruit light green, sweet and juicy, comparable to cantaloupe.

6, the Yellow River honeydew melon

The Yellow River honeydew melon is the white orchid melon and Mexican melon varieties of manna cross-breeding new varieties, is a medium-early maturity varieties. Gansu and Shandong have produced the Yellow River honeydew melon, it is a golden yellow skin, thin skin moisture enough, there is a unique fruit flavor. Currently, the price per 500 grams of e-commerce is only about 5 yuan, very cost-effective.

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