Winter melon

SCN winter melon Syn Benincasa cerifera Savi AN kushmanda... 

A traditional Chinese medicine text notes that winter melon seed has mild diuretic activity (Chen and Chen 2004). 

No information on the safety of winter melon seed in pregnancy or lactation was identified in the scientific or traditional literature. Although this review did not identify any concerns for use while pregnant or nursing, safety has not been conclusively established. 

No information on the use of winter melon seed during pregnancy or lactation was identified. 

Melons include the summer melons, muskmelons, or cantaloupes the winter melons, casaba, honeydew, crenshaw, and Persian melon and watermelons. Descriptions of these melons follow ... 

Honeydew— This variety of melon has a white, smooth rind and light-green pulp. It is about 7 in. (17.5 cm) in diameter and 8 in. (20 cm) long. Honeydew melons grow best in hot, dry climates and require about 4 months to reach maturity. They are called winter melons because they ripen late in the season and are marketed during the winter. Most of the U.S. production comes from irrigated fields in the southwestern and western states. They are usually used fresh and as canned or frozen melon balls packed in syrup. 

After use, herbicides decompose slowly, and so affect cultivated plants for many years. In 1990, investigations in many regions of the USSR detected herbicides phytotoxic effects, especially among the si/m-triazine class, on different cultivars in many varied situations [13]. These sym-triazine herbicides, such as protrazin, simazin, atrazine, metazin, and prometrin, were used in different oblasts of the Ukraine, Kirgizia, Kazakhstan, Russia and Moldavia in previous years, especially on corn. Residual herbicide aftereffects led to the suppression and death of crops such as winter wheat, oats, barley, rye, potatoes, beets and sugar beets, linen, onions, watermelons and other melons, and sunflowers. 

Cucumbers, zucchini, and summer squashes are eaten young and picked regularly to maintain the supply. They tend to have a mild flavor. Melons are picked when ripe, and pumpkins and winter squashes are left to mature on the plant, to develop a tough skin for storage (see also p.271). Some are bland and watery while others develop sweet, rich, densely textured flesh—excellent as a roasted vegetable and for soups and stews. 

Some pests attack even a broader spectrum of plants. Plant families are larger groupings of plants that contain several genera. Cucumbers and melons belong to the family Cucurbitaceae. This family also includes summer squash and winter squash, which belong to the genus Cucurbita. It s important to know and understand these relationships, because one of the basic principles in planning a crop rotation is to plant crops from different families in sequence in a particular location to prevent the buildup of pest populations in the soil. 

The fruits of these plants provide both edible flesh and edible seeds. Also, the flowers are edible. Squashes belong to the gourd or melon family (Cucurbitaceae), which also includes pumpkins and cucumbers. Most summer squashes are classified as C. pepo and bear relatively small fruits that are eaten while immature. Winter squashes are C. maxima and C. moschata. Winter squashes are eaten when mature and tend to be more nutrituous than summer squashes. 

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