Pumpkin flowers, also known as pumpkin flowers, is apricot yellow and monoecious. There is a flower on a path, and it blooms from June to July every year.

Among them, its pollen can eliminate fatigue and rejuvenate the elderly. A study by Singaporean nutritionist Dobbin shows that eating pumpkin flowers can effectively improve people's IQ, and people who are weak can recover as soon as possible if they eat it regularly, especially the pollen is the most nutritious, so it is called "perfect nutritious food".

Morphological characteristics of pumpkin flowers;

Pumpkin flowers: Apricot yellow, monoecious, solitary. Corolla lobes of male flowers are large, and the apex is long and sharp; Female calyx lobes leaflike; Stigma III, swollen, cleft. The flower stalk is about 30 cm long. Receptacle is green and pentagonal bell-shaped. Petals, receptacle and corolla can all be eaten.

Peel the pedicel, peel the receptacle, remove the core of the flower, and the rest can be eaten. Pollen in pumpkin flowers is rich in protein, amino acids, fat, sugar and B vitamins.

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