Cucumber is pumpkin. Cucumber is a common name for pumpkin. People in southern Zhejiang, Fujian and Taiwan Province provinces call pumpkins cucumbers. Pumpkins are also called rice melons, wheat melons and pumpkins.

The fruit of pumpkin can be used as a dish or as a substitute for food. All parts of the whole plant are also used for medicine. The seeds contain amino acids in pumpkin seeds, and have the effects of clearing away heat, removing dampness, expelling worms, controlling and killing Schistosoma japonicum, clearing vines, preventing miscarriage and radically curing toothache.

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Cucurbitaceae Cucurbitaceae Cucurbitaceae is an annual creeping herb, whose stems often take root at nodes, petioles are stout, leaves are broadly oval or oval, texture is slightly soft, veins are raised, tendrils are slightly stout, monoecious, pedicels are stout, angular and grooved, which varies with varieties. There are often several longitudinal grooves or no longitudinal grooves outside, and most seeds are oval or oblong.

Introduced to China in Ming Dynasty, it is now widely planted in north and south. This fruit can be used as a substitute for a dish or food. All parts of the whole plant are also used for medicine. The seeds contain amino acids in pumpkin seeds, and have the effects of clearing away heat, removing dampness, expelling worms, controlling and killing Schistosoma japonicum, clearing vines, preventing miscarriage and radically curing toothache.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia _ Golden Melon