Gourd (pinyin: hù zi), alias: sweet gourd, sweet gourd, gourd, net street mallet, Longmigua, day gourd, long gourd, flat bushes; angiosperm phylum, Cucurbitaceae cucurbits under the genus of a kind, for the genus of plants cucurbits varieties, annual climbing herb.

Greenish-white, with white flesh. The fruit is greenish-white, with white flesh. Fruit tender when soft and juicy, can be used as a vegetable, most areas of the country are cultivated, the Yangtze River Basin area is widely cultivated, summer and fall harvest.

Note

? Doctors say bitter gourds contain a toxin that is as toxic as arsenic! This toxin is difficult to dissolve even through high temperatures. Moreover, it is difficult to distinguish between a bitter gourd and an edible gourd in terms of appearance.

Doctor's advice:

Before eating gourd at home, it is best to use your tongue to lick the flesh of the peeled gourd, there is a bitter taste that is poisonous, not to be eaten; fried gourd such as found in a bitter taste, should be thrown out together with other food in the pot!

But the gourd is still delicious!