Pumpkin believes that everyone is most familiar with it, but in recent years, some farmers have planted a melon imported from abroad and looks like a "flying saucer", which everyone calls it a saucer melon, which is a rare horticultural plant that can be used for both food and drink.
In fact, the popular name of the disc melon is flat round zucchini, which is a genus of pumpkins in the family Cucurbitaceae, which is a variant of the American pumpkin. The history of cultivation in China is very short, and it was introduced from the United States, Russia and other places in the late 1990s.
Disc melon is a very nutrient-rich plant, its fruits, seeds, flower stalks, flowers can be edible, and the disc melon is rich in vitamin b1, vitamin B2, as well as vitamin C, carotene essentials and a variety of mineral elements.
The young flowers, seeds, and even petioles can be cold or fried to make soup and filling. Mature dish melon is exquisite and cute, and can be stored naturally for 3-5 months after picking, which is a natural handicraft.
Disc melon is rich in nutrients, edible also helps the secretion of human bile, the reduction of glycogen (liver sugar) in the liver, in addition to regulating the body's blood circulation, auxiliary treatment of obesity, arteriosclerosis, liver and kidney and other diseases. The fruit of the dish melon is rich in pectin, which can protect the gastric mucosa and intestinal mucosa from harm, and at the same time can promote the wound at the ulcer to speed up the healing. Not only that, but the seeds also contain insect repellents that can be used as insect repellents. In addition, the saucer melon is also a good source of honey.
The dish melon caters to people's needs for novelty and difference, which can be both watched and eaten. Especially in recent years, with the vigorous development of rural tourism, the disc melon is loved by people with its peculiar appearance and high edible value, and has quickly become popular in the market, gradually developing into an interesting ornamental plant cultivation, and the planting efficiency is more than 2 times that of ordinary pumpkins before.