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Wuping green-skinned winter melon

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Winter melon (scientific name: Benincasahispida (Thunb.) Cogn.) is an annual trailing genus of winter melon in the family Cucurbitaceae. Or shelf herbaceous plant, the stem is covered with yellowish-brown hirsute and villous hairs, with furrows, the petiole is thick, covered with coarse hirsute and villous hairs, monoecious, solitary flowers, long cylindrical or nearly spherical fruit, large, There are bristles and hoarfrost, and the seeds are oval.

Winter melon is mainly distributed in other tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, and is cultivated in various parts of China. There are wild ones in southern Yunnan, China (Xishuangbanna), and the fruits are much smaller. It is also found in eastern Australia and Madagascar.

In addition to being used as vegetables, winter melon fruits can also be dipped into various candies; the peel and seeds are medicinal and have anti-inflammatory, diuretic and swelling effects