The ancient poems about pumpkins are as follows:
1. The wine grapes are bordered by the green wall, and the melon fields are adjacent to the green stream. ——Tang Dynasty: Cen Shen's "Going to the West Pavilion of Guozhou with the Scholars in Early Autumn to View"
2. Planting melons under the yellow platform, the melons are ripe and the seeds are separated. ——Tang Dynasty: Li Xian's "Huangtai Melon Ci"
3. I am too lazy to learn how to grow melons from Qingmen, and only spend my time fishing. ——Song Dynasty: Lu You's "Partridge Sky· Lazy to Qingmen to Learn to Plant Melons"
4. The clouds have gathered and the rain has passed, and the waves have added. The buildings are high, the water is cold, the melons are sweet, and the green trees are hanging in the shade with painted eaves. ——Yuan Dynasty: Bai Pu's "Tianjingsha·Xia"
5. The grains of grain are scattered, the hemp and wheat are scattered, and the melons are blown. ——Pre-Qin: Anonymous "Daya·Shengmin"
Pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duchesne ex Lam. Duchesne ex Poir.) is an annual trailing herbaceous plant of the Cucurbitaceae family. There are joints on the stem, the petioles are thick, and the leaves are oval or oval; the stems of the fruits are thicker, with ribs and grooves, and the outer surface is uneven depending on the variety.
There are many seeds, which are oval or oblong in shape. The flower color is usually yellow or dark orange, and the flower shape is diamond-shaped. The flowering period is from June to July, and the fruiting period is from July to August. Because its origin is in southern Asia and Central and South America, it is called "pumpkin" from the south. Pumpkins originate from Mexico to Central America and are commonly cultivated around the world. They were introduced to China in the Ming Dynasty and are now widely planted in the north and south.
Morphological characteristics
It is an annual creeping herb; the stems often take root at the nodes, extend up to 2-5 meters, and are densely covered with short white bristles. The petiole is stout, 8-19 cm long, covered with short setae; the leaves are broadly ovate or oval, slightly soft, with 5 corners or 5 lobes, sparsely blunt, 12-25 cm long, 20-30 cm wide, with side edges The lobes are smaller, and the middle lobe is larger, triangular, and densely covered with yellow-white bristles and hairs.
There are often white spots and raised veins. The midrib of each lobe often extends to the top and forms a small tip. The back is lighter in color, the hairs are more obvious, the edges have small and dense denticles, and the top is slightly blunt. Tendrils slightly stout, covered with short setae and hairs like petioles, 3-5 branched.