《本草纲目》载:“丝瓜,唐宋以前无闻,今南北皆有之,以为常蔬。”不过宋代杜本山写有一首咏丝瓜的小诗,其中两句曰:“数日雨晴秋草长,丝瓜延长瓦墙生。”丝瓜,春种,夏长,秋实。《本草》:“二月下种,生苗引蔓延树竹,或作棚架。其叶大如蜀葵而多丫尖,有细毛刺,取汁,可染绿。其茎有棱,六、七月开黄花,五出,微似胡瓜花,蕊瓣俱黄。”描述可称详尽。夏日里,丝瓜生长得很快,花儿也次第 “Compendium of Materia Medica” contains: “loofah, before the Tang and Song dynasties smell, now both north and south, that is, ordinary vegetables.” However, Du Songshan Song wrote a poem chanting loofah, two of which said: “a few days Rain sunny autumn long, loofah to extend the tile wall students. ”Loofah, spring, summer long, autumn. “Materia Medica”: “Under the plankton in February, the seedling leads to the tree or bamboo scaffold, and the leaves are as large as the hollyhock and have more acupuncture points with fine burrs, juice and dyed green. Open the yellow flower, five out, slightly like a calabash flower, petal all yellow. ”Description can be described in detail. In summer, loofah grow very fast, flowers are also ranked first