Annual herbaceous vine (trailing), there are dwarf, semi-trailing, trailing three strains. Most varieties of the main vine dominance is obvious, lateral trails are few and weak. The length of main vine: dwarf varieties have short internodes, and the length of vine is usually below 50㎝, and sometimes up to 1m in solar greenhouse (due to long growing period); semi-trailing varieties are usually about 80cm; trailing varieties are usually up to several meters long. It is a climbing vine with leaf tendrils, but it often grows prostrate (some dwarf varieties are erect). Leaves are simple, large, palmately parted, alternate (dwarf varieties densely alternate), leaf surface rough and thorny. Petiole long and hollow. Some varieties have leaves of varying shades of green, with silvery-white patches near the veins.

Scientific name Cucurbita pepo L.

Alias wild rice squash, white squash, squash, American squash, zucchini

Classification Cucurbitaceae (Cucurbitaceae), pumpkin genus

Origin Origin Originally from the southern part of North America, now widely cultivated.

Also known as churning squash, white squash, squash, American squash, wild rice squash, zucchini, tomato squash, Xunquan.

Zucchini is a variety of pumpkin, cucurbitaceae pumpkin genus of a kind, the fruit is cylindrical, smaller fruit, fruit surface smooth, to pick young fruit for vegetables. Zucchini to thin skin, thick meat, juicy, meat can be vegetarian, vegetable can be stuffed and loved by the people, the past zucchini is generally in May and June to market, in recent years, many suburban places using ground film plus sky film cultivation, and thus currently on the market.