The seeds of August melon can also be eaten directly. In addition to eating the August melon seeds together with the pulp, you can also pick out the August melon seeds separately, clean them, extract oil or chew them for consumption.

August melon August melon is also known as August fried, and the Chinese medicine name is "Zhizhizi". It is the fruit of the Akebia trifoliate plant, a wild fruit. It is named after the fruit ripens and cracks in August. The fruit is sweet and tastes like banana, so it is also called "wild banana". Similar to it, there is also a plant of the same family, Akebia quinquefolia, commonly known as ox egg tuo. The fruit color is golden yellow when mature. It looks like a mango on the outside, the inside of the pulp is slightly like a ripe soft persimmon, the seeds are like watermelon seeds, and the pulp is edible.