The difference between Trichosanthes kirilowii and Trichosanthes kirilowii is different in shape, nutrition and growth environment.

1, different shapes

(1) Trichosanthes kirilowii has a flat oval shape, a hard seed coat, a membranous inner seed, a brown surface, obvious furrows, a wide ring edge and a flat top.

(2) Guagua seeds are similar in size and shape, but fuller and darker in color than watermelon seeds. Guagua seeds are open at both ends.

2. Different nutrition

(1) Fructus Trichosanthis contains a lot of unsaturated fatty acids.

(2) Melon seeds contain a variety of minerals and vitamins, especially trace elements selenium and vitamin E, which are very rich.

3. Different growing environments

(1) Melon seeds are suitable for northern China, but rarely in southern China. They are mainly produced in Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, Hebei, Beijing, Zhejiang and Anhui, and the most famous is Hebei. The growth range of melon seeds is relatively large, which is suitable for fertile and soft sandy soil, so special attention should be paid to the choice of soil during planting.

(2) Trichosanthes kirilowii often grows under forests, bushes, grasslands and fields near villages at an altitude of 200- 1800m, or is widely cultivated. Distributed in North China, Central South China, East China, Liaoning, Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Guizhou and Yunnan.

* * * similarities between the two:

1, Trichosanthes kirilowii and Trichosanthes kirilowii are basically not much different, they all come from the seeds of the same plant, because they are all the seeds of Trichosanthes kirilowii, a cucurbitaceae plant, but Trichosanthes kirilowii is a snack that people get after harvesting Trichosanthes kirilowii seeds, and Trichosanthes kirilowii is a traditional Chinese medicine obtained by harvesting the seeds of this plant and drying them in the sun.

2. Trichosanthes kirilowii has many different names in nature. Besides Trichosanthes kirilowii, there are also Dayuan Gua, Wild Persimmon Gua and Dugua, which have different names in different regions. This is the difference between Trichosanthes kirilowii and Trichosanthes kirilowii. They are different names for the same plant in different regions.