Pumpkin is pumpkin. In addition to these two names, there are other nicknames such as pumpkin, rice pumpkin, pumpkin, and pumpkin. It is native to Mexico and Central America and is widely cultivated all over the world.

Introduced to China in the Ming Dynasty, it is now widely planted in the north and south.

Morphological characteristics:

Annual creeping herb; Stems often take root at nodes, reaching 2-5 meters long and densely covered with short white bristles. Petiole stout, 8- 19 cm long, short setose.

Leaf blade is broadly ovoid or ovoid, slightly soft, 5-angled or 5-lobed, sparse and blunt, 12-25 cm long and 20-30 cm wide, with smaller lateral lobes and larger middle lobes, triangular, densely covered with yellow-white bristles and fuzz, often with white spots and raised veins.

The midvein of each lobe often extends to the top, forming a small tip, with lighter color on the back, more obvious hair, small and dense teeth on the edge, and a little blunt at the top. Tendrils are slightly stout, covered with short bristles and fuzz like petioles, 3-5-pronged.