The difference between towel gourd and cucumber

Towel gourd, also known as Sheng gourd, vegetable gourd, etc., originated in India and belongs to the climbing herb of cucurbitaceae. Cucumbers are also known as cucumbers and cucumbers. They were first brought back to the Central Plains by Zhang Qian in the Western Han Dynasty. Towel gourd and cucumbers are common vegetables in daily life, but do you know the difference between them? Let's take a look at it together.

Differences between families and genera of towel gourd and cucumber

1. Towel gourd: towel gourd is an annual climbing herb of plant kingdom, angiosperm phylum, dicotyledonous class, synpetal subclass, Cucurbita, Cucurbitaceae, wax gourd and towel gourd.

2. Cucumber: cucumber belongs to plant kingdom, angiosperm phylum, dicotyledonous class, synpetalous subclass, Cucurbitaceae, Cucurbitaceae, pumpkin family, annual trailing or climbing herbs of cucumber.

Morphological differences between towel gourd and cucumber

1. Towel gourd: towel gourd stem trailing, branches rough, furrowed, puberulent, simple leaves alternate, long stalked, leaf palmately cordate, monoecious, male flowers in racemes, first opened, female flowers solitary, long stalked, Corolla light yellow, follicles long cylindrical, pendulous, generally 20-60 cm long, up to 1 m long, seeds oblate, ovate, about 1.5 cm long, black, flowering in summer and autumn.

2. Cucumber: stems and branches elongated, furrowed, white hispid, petiole slightly rough, leaf blade broadly ovate-cordate, membranous, male flowers constant clustered in leaf axils, female flowers solitary or sparsely clustered, fruit oblong or cylindrical, yellowish green when ripe, rough surface, with prickly warts, seeds small, narrowly ovate, white, without margin, flowering in summer.

Towel gourd and cucumber have different nicknames.

1. Towel gourd: towel gourd, also known as cloth gourd, cotton gourd, flocculent gourd, water gourd, celestial gourd, celestial gourd, towel gourd, etc., originated in India, is widely cultivated in southern and northern China, and is also widely cultivated in the temperate and tropical regions of the world. Southern Yunnan is wild, but the fruit is short.

2. Cucumbers: cucumbers are also known as cucumbers, cantaloupes, cantaloupes, cucumbers, cucumbers: cucumbers are also known as cucumbers, cantaloupes, cantaloupes, cucumbers, cucumbers: cucumbers: cucumbers are also known as cantaloupe, thorn melon, king melon, Qin melon, cucumber, cuc

Difference of efficacy between towel gourd and cucumber

1, towel gourd: towel gourd taste sweet, cold, non-toxic, into the liver, stomach meridian, has the effect of eliminating heat and intestines, the main treatment of acne, breast milk and other diseases.

2. Cucumber: cucumber tastes sweet, sweet, cool, bitter, non-toxic, entering the spleen, stomach, large intestine meridian, with the effect of antipyretic, diuretic, heat-clearing and detoxification, mainly for irritating and thirst, sore throat, fire eye, fire scald and other diseases, as well as weight loss.