Wild watermelon, the leaf of this plant is palmately divided, and then pinnately divided, and the leaf shape is very similar to watermelon, so it is called wild watermelon seedling. Wild watermelon seedlings are panicum miliaceum, and they are all covered with fine soft hairs with different densities. The stem tip is soft, erect or slightly leaning. Basal leaves are suborbicular, with dentate edges, palm-shaped middle and lower leaves, 3-5-lobed, large middle lobes, obovate oblong lobes, blunt apex, pinnately notched or serrated edges.
Flowers are solitary in leaf axils, pedicels are 2-5 cm long, bracteoles are numerous, linear, ciliate, calyx 5-lobed, membranous, with green longitudinal veins on it, petals 5, pale yellow, purple heart, stamen filaments combined into a cylinder, surrounding the style, ovary 5 rooms, style top 5-lobed, stigma head-shaped.
Watermelon related information
The smell of watermelon is obvious. Watermelon, a cucurbitaceae plant, is known as the king of summer. Watermelon is an annual vine with thick stems and branches, thick tendrils, short hairs, thick petioles, densely pilose leaves, triangular oval outline, white-green fruit, nearly spherical or oval shape, juicy meat and smooth skin.
Watermelon likes warm and dry climate and is not cold-resistant. Its original species may come from Africa and have been widely cultivated in tropical to temperate regions of the world for a long time. It was only introduced into China in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties. Watermelon is cool to quench thirst, sweet and juicy, and it is a good fruit in midsummer. Besides fat and cholesterol, it also contains a lot of glucose, malic acid, fructose, protein amino acids, lycopene and rich vitamin C, which is a kind of food with high nutrition and purity.