Snake gourd nutritional value

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Snake Gourd

Snake gourd is a vegetable with tender fruit, but tender leaves and stems are also edible. Tender gourds are rich in carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals, soft in texture, and have a slight odor, but become fragrant and slightly sweet after being cooked. Snake gourd is cool in nature, enters the lung, stomach and large intestine meridians, can clear away heat and resolve phlegm, moisten the lungs and lubricate the intestines. The tender fruit and stems and leaves of snake gourd can be fried and made into soup, which has a unique flavor. Snake gourd is rarely damaged by diseases and insects, and can become a pollution-free vegetable with certain market potential. People who have not tasted it will feel that it has a fishy smell and dare not buy it, but once they have tasted it, they will approve of it, so it needs to be promoted.

Snake Squash, also known as snake bean, snake loofah, soybean horn, etc., is an annual climbing herb in the genus Trichosanthes of the Cucurbitaceae family. It is native to India and Malaysia, widely distributed in Southeast Asian countries and Australia, and is also cultivated in West Africa, tropical America and the Caribbean. It is only cultivated sporadically in China, and has been planted more in Qingdao, Shandong Province in recent years. Snake gourd is used as a vegetable for its tender fruit, but its tender leaves and stems are also edible.

Snake Gourd Varieties and Characteristics

The varieties cultivated in the suburbs of Beijing were introduced from the south in the early years and are cultivated sporadically in Huaxiang, Fengtai District.

Snake Gourd

Slender, up to 5-8 meters long, with five-ribbed, green stems, strong branching ability, green leaves, deep palmate fissures, relatively round fissures, fine hairs on the leaf surface, white corolla, unisexual flowers, male and female flowers are equally alienated, male flowers are mostly racemes, buds are green, and light yellow-green when about to bloom, male flowers occur earlier than female flowers, generally female flowers begin to grow at the 20th to 25th nodes of the main vine, and then the main vine and side vines can continuously produce female flowers. Young melons are slender, cylindrical or curved, the melon tip and base gradually become thinner, shaped like a snake, the melon skin is grayish white with many green stripes, the flesh is white and soft, and the mature melon is light reddish brown with loose flesh. The seeds are nearly rectangular, with two parallel grooves, rough surface, light brown, and 1,000-grain weight is 200-250 grams.

Snake gourd likes warmth, is resistant to humidity and heat, has fleshy roots, and a well-developed root system. It can grow at temperatures between 15 and 40°C, with the most suitable temperature being 20-35°C. It can be cultivated in all types of soil. The full growth period of snake gourd is about 180-200 days. It is a vine herb with vigorous growth. The leaves are dark green, densely covered with hairs on both sides, palm-shaped, and the veins are radial. The female flowers are solitary, the male flowers are racemose or compound racemose, and the petals are whisker-like, bifurcated and curved. The fruit is long and narrow, with pointed ends and often curved tails, with a horizontal diameter of 4-5cm and a length of 2.5m. The young fruit has hairs, the flesh is 3-4mm thick, the flesh is soft, and has a fishy smell. The mature fruit turns orange-red, the seeds are earthy brown, the surface is rough, and there are two parallel grooves. The thousand-grain weight is 200-250 grams. It is a climbing plant with strong branching. The main vine is generally about 3 meters long. It blooms and bears fruit around the 11th leaf. The flowers are white. The fruit is snake-shaped. Each fruit weighs 450-600 grams. On average, there are 24 fruits per plant. The flesh of the young fruit is light green, and the skin is light green. The skin of the mature fruit changes from green to red. The picking period is from June to the end of September. The average yield per mu is 1560 kg.

Snake melon nutritional analysis

Snake Gourd

Every 100g of tender snake gourd contains 94-95g of water, 0.5-0.9g of protein, 0.1g of fat, 0.8g of crude fiber, 3-4g of carbohydrates, and a variety of nutrients such as mineral salts. Snake gourd can clear away heat and relieve fever, and has diuretic and blood pressure lowering effects, which is very beneficial to human health. The tender gourd is rich in carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals, has a soft texture, and has a slight odor, but becomes fragrant and slightly sweet after being cooked.

Snake gourd is eaten as a vegetable with its tender fruit, but its tender leaves and stems are also edible. Each kilogram of tender fruit contains 5-9 grams of protein, 30-40 grams of carbohydrates, and other nutrients. The flesh is soft and slightly sweet. Snake gourd is cool in nature and enters the lung, stomach, and large intestine meridians. It can clear away heat and resolve phlegm, moisten the lungs and lubricate the intestines. The tender fruit and stems of snake gourd can be fried and made into soup, which has a unique flavor. Snake gourd is rarely damaged by diseases and insects, and can become a pollution-free vegetable with certain market potential.