Pumpkin flowers is edible. Because pumpkin flowers produces very little, it is rarely seen in the market, so pumpkin flowers sells more expensive pumpkins. Pumpkin flowers can't pick it too early, or it's a bud and it's not cooked well. You must wait until the buds are fully open before picking them.

Pumpkin flowers is not only edible, but also has high medicinal value. The flower stalk, receptacle and corolla on pumpkin flowers are also edible. Peel off the flower stalk, the surface of the receptacle and the flower core, and the rest can be eaten.

Pollen in pumpkin flowers is rich in protein, amino acids, fats, sugars, B vitamins and enzymes, while pumpkin flowers has the characteristics of clearing away dampness and heat, reducing swelling and removing blood stasis.

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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. Peel off the flower stalk, the surface of the receptacle and the flower core, and the rest can be eaten.

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