The fire cucumber fruit is a hybridized generation of varieties, native to the Kalahari Desert region (the desert plateau of southern Africa), and now also grows in New Zealand, the United States, Australia and other countries. It is an annual herb, the fruit looks like a prickly olive-shaped melon, the flesh is delicate and seedy, gelatinous like a cucumber, with a sweet taste and a slight aftertaste in the mouth after eating it, and it is also suitable for decorative purposes because of its golden yellow color.

The fruit is extremely resistant to storage, in 17-24 ℃, dry environment can be kept fresh for up to 6 months. His golden-yellow appearance is extremely beautiful, in addition to food can also be used to decorate the interior, both generous and beautiful, after picking back in the fruit surface coated with wax, can prevent the skin from losing water.

The interior of the fire cucumber fruit

It is rich in nutrients, rich in vitamin C and plant fiber, per 100 grams of potassium 170 mg, magnesium 34 mg, calcium 10 mg, β-carotene 36 mg, vitamin B1 0.03 mg and so on. Nutritionally rich, which contains vitamins can play the role of tranquilizing the brain, healthy heart and blood, very suitable for brain workers to eat.