The scientific name of Toshiko is gourd. Gourd is also called zucchini, cucurbitaceae cucurbit annual trailing herb. Cultivated in all parts of China in the north and south, the southern cultivation is widespread. The gourd has a developed root system, the stem is trailing, simple leaves alternate, the leaf blade is heart-shaped, above the hairy. The gourd is eaten in stir-fry, braised, soup, stuffing, such as: spicy fried gourd strips, gourd roasted meat pieces, gourd soup and so on. Cooking should not be cooked compound too rotten, otherwise the loss of nutrients more.

Gourd:

Gourd has a well-developed root system, the stem is trailing, up to 3 to 4 meters long, strong branching. The leaves are simple, alternate, and heart-shaped with velvet hairs on them. Heterogamous and dioecious plants. Sometimes also produces bisexual flowers, but the fruit produced is often deformed fruit, no food value. The flowers are white and open at night and in the evening or early morning when the sunlight is weak, so it is nicknamed "night blooming". Male flowers are mostly born in the middle and lower part of the main vine, while female flowers are mostly born in the upper part of the main vine. The female flowers are born in the upper part of the main vine. The lateral vines can bear female flowers from the 1st to 2nd node, so the lateral vines are mainly fruitful. Gourd fruit, 10-20 days after flowering can be harvested, its young skin and placenta tender and juicy, edible; old ripe peel hardening, placenta tissue also dry, inedible. Ornamental gourd or zucchini. The fruit is only about 10 centimeters long, with a thin waist or a long fruit neck. 5 varieties of chromosome number are 2n = 22, can be hybridized with each other.