1, the shape of the shape: people often call the hairy melon for the "small winter melon" but so named "melon". Mao knotty melon in our country all over the cultivation, but also daily people often eat one of the specialty vegetables, the shape of the oblong and short column, mainly these two kinds of. And although the winter melon is also grown in our country, but its shape is mostly long cylindrical, some are spherical, and secondly, the winter melon color and the hairy knucklehead melon there is also a big difference.

2, fruit color: hairy knobbly melon rind color, with yellow-green and rich green, its skin with rich fine fuzz. The surface of the ripe winter melon with fine fuzz and white powder attached, hairy knotty melon is not like winter melon ripe surface white powder attached to its surface, so from the surface of the two there are great differences, it is not difficult to distinguish, and the winter melon skin is mostly light green or dark brown.

3, the shape of the leaf blade: the leaf blade of the hairy knapweed is alternate, palmate and generally common with 5 to 7 lobes, the length is about 19㎝, the width is about 20-25㎝, the edge is serrated, and the leaf surface is thick green, and the back of the leaf is green, but both surfaces are also with velvet hairs. On the other hand, the leaf of the winter melon is kidney-like and nearly round, and the width is about 15-30 cm, and the surface of the leaf is dark green, and there is a pilose material, and the pilose will fall off when the fruit is ripe, and it will fall off gradually and become glabrous, and the back side is grayish-white and there is a coarse hard hair.