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Buddha's hand melon

A perennial climbing rooted herb (annual in the north). Roots for stringy fibrous roots, lateral roots thick and long, the second year after the formation of fat tubers; stems for trailing, more than 10m long, branching strong, nodes bearing leaves and tendrils; leaves alternate, leaves and tendrils opposite, leaf blade palmate pentagonal, leaf entire, green or dark green; monoecious and dioecious heterozygous flowers, cross-pollination, insect-borne flowers.

The fruit is pear-shaped, with obvious longitudinal grooves of 5, the top of the melon has a suture, the color of the fruit is green to creamy white, the weight of a single melon is 250-500g, the flesh is white; the seeds are flat, fusiform, and have no dormancy period. Temperature-loving, heat-resistant, not cold-resistant. Growth temperature of 12 ~ 25 ℃, more than 30 ℃ growth inhibition, extreme high temperature of 40 ℃, below 5 ℃ will produce cold damage; suitable for medium light intensity, shade tolerance; require air humidity; suitable for growth in fertile soil and fertilizer and water retention of strong soil.

Yanggua. Yunnan population in the watermelon, that is, watermelon, also known as the Buddha's hand melon, also known as falconer's melon, Annan melon, life melon, etc., belongs to the Cucurbitaceae special vegetable varieties. Buddha's hand melon crisp and juicy, delicious flavor, high nutritional value, can do dishes, but also when the fruit eaten raw. Coupled with the shape of the melon as two palms together, there is a Buddhist blessing meaning, loved by the people.