Is gourd a fruit or a vegetable?

Is gourd a fruit or a vegetable?

Gourd is a vegetable, a plant of the Cucurbitaceae family and the genus Cucurbitacin. The fruit can be eaten as a vegetable before it is ripe, but few people eat it because it does not taste very good. The fruit ripens in July and August each year.

Nutritional value of bottle gourd

The taste of gourd is very light, and you can't taste it at all unless you try it carefully. The more common ways to eat it include stir-fried gourd, stir-fried gourd with wood ear, gourd pancakes, stir-fried gourd with chopped peppers, scrambled eggs with gourd, etc.

Gourd is not a medicinal material, but it has great health value and high nutritional value. It has the effects of promoting diuresis and reducing swelling, quenching thirst, and relieving boredom. It can also be used to treat symptoms such as fever, edema, and gonorrhea.

Gourd Origin and Planting

The gourd is native to Africa. Common gourd producing areas in my country include Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shandong, Jiangsu, Shaanxi and other provinces. Among them, the gourds produced in Hebei and Liaoning are very good.

Gourds are more suitable for planting in March in spring and October in autumn. It is best to plant them on flat land with good drainage and fertile soil, or on hills with good irrigation conditions.