Like watermelon, pumpkin and east melon (also known as wax gourd), north melon is a geographical term!
Beigua is an annual creeping herb of Cucurbitaceae. There are translucent coarse hairs on the stem. Tendrils bifurcate. Leaves papery, triangular or ovate. Flowers monoecious, solitary, yellow. The shape of fruit varies with varieties, and the seeds are white.
Beigua is shaped like a pumpkin but smaller, also known as peach pumpkin, and its skin color is red and yellow like gold, so it is also called golden melon. Sweet and flat, non-toxic, it has the effect of moistening lung and relieving asthma. People in China often treat asthma.
Beigua is one of the vegetables. Beigua can be eaten raw, served as a cold salad or stir-fried. The difference between pumpkin and watermelon is that the flesh of pumpkin is yellow and the taste is slightly sweet and fragrant.