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Benincasa hispida, the wax gourd, [4][5] also called ash gourd, [6] white gourd, winter gourd, winter melon, tallow gourd, ash pumpkin, [6] Chinese preserving melon, [6] is a vine grown for its very large fruit, eaten as a vegetable when mature. It is the only member of the genus Benincasa.
Canary melon. The Canary melon (Cucumis melo (Inodorus group) [1]) or winter melon [2] is a large, bright-yellow elongated melon with a pale green to white inner flesh. This melon has a distinctively sweet flavor that is slightly tangier than a honeydew melon. The flesh looks like that of a pear but is softer. When ripe, the rind has a slightly ...
A Filipino side dish with diced chayote and chayote tops. Chayote is widely used in Southeast Asia. In the Philippines, the plant is generally known as sayote in Filipino (also chayote, tsayote, salyote, sayyot, kayote, etc. in other Philippine languages, all derived from Spanish chayote or cayote).
3. Honeydew. Tobias Titz/Getty Images. Scientific name: Cucumis melo L. (Inodorus Group) ‘Honey Dew’. Taste: Light, slightly sweet, mild. This melon, which is in season from June through ...
This list of gourds and squashes provides an alphabetical list of (mostly edible) varieties of the plant genus Cucurbita, commonly called gourds, squashes, pumpkins and zucchinis/courgettes.
Momordica charantia (commonly called bitter melon, cerassee, goya, bitter apple, bitter gourd, bitter squash, balsam-pear, karavila and many more names listed below) [1] is a tropical and subtropical vine of the family Cucurbitaceae, widely grown in Asia, Africa, and the Caribbean for its edible fruit. Its many varieties differ substantially in ...
The honeydew is 90% water, 9% carbohydrates, 0.1% fat, and 0.5% protein. Like most melons, it is an excellent source of vitamin C, with one cup containing 56% of the recommended daily value. The honeydew is also a good source of vitamin B thiamine, as well as other B vitamins and the mineral potassium. In addition, it is low in calories ...
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