甜瓜(原亚种) tian gua (yuan ya zhong)

Cucumis bisexualis A. M. Lu & G. C. Wang.

Ovary and young fruit pilose or lanate, with spreading hairs; fruit in cultivated forms fragrant and sweet.

Farmlands, roadsides. Anhui, Jiangsu, Shandong, Xinjiang; also cultivated throughout China [native to Old World tropics and subtropics; introduced in New World tropics; widely cultivated in tropical and temperate countries].

The fruit is used as a refreshing dessert in summer; the plants are used medicinally.