五、冬瓜冬瓜,葫芦科。一年生蔓性草本。茎上有茸毛。叶稍圆,掌状浅裂,叶面叶背均有毛。花黄色。果呈短圆柱、扁圆或长圆形,大小因品种而不同,小的重数千克,大的重数十千克。皮绿色,被白色蜡粉或无;果肉厚,白色,疏松多汁,味淡。种子扁平,白色,有狭翼状边缘或无。性喜温暖湿润,又有一定耐旱能力。晚春播种,夏秋采收。原产我国南部及印度。我国普遍栽培。果实作蔬菜。种子和外果皮可入药。冬瓜是一种药材,我很早就知道。我们那儿的人家吃冬瓜都是削皮的,皮晒干了,可以卖到药铺里。一到夏天,药铺门口就会架上一张海报,上面写着收购冬瓜皮。好像是五分钱一斤。冬瓜这名字真怪!明明是夏天才有得吃的东西,却偏偏要叫冬瓜。我小的时候,就常常疑心是有人写错了冬瓜莫不是东 Five, melon melon, Cucurbitaceae. Annual creeping herb. Stems have hair. Leaves slightly rounded, palmately lobed, leaf surface leaves back hair. Yellow flowers. Fruit was short cylinder, oblate or oblong, the size of different varieties, small heavy kilograms, large heavy kilograms. Skin green, white wax powder or no; flesh thick, white, loose and juicy, taste light. Seeds flat, white, margin narrowly winged or absent. Sexual warm and moist, but also a certain drought tolerance. Sown in late spring, summer harvest. Native southern China and India. Our country is generally cultivated. Fruits made of vegetables. Seeds and exocarp can be used as medicine. Melon is a medicine, I knew very early. People in our house eat melon are peeled, the skin dried, you can sell medicine shop. As soon as summer arrives, a poster will be put on the front of the pharmacy that says the acquisition of melon skin. It seems like a penny. This name is really strange melon! Obviously there is something to eat summer, but happens to be called melon. When I was young, I was often suspicious of someone who wrote the wrong melon east