苦瓜原产东印度,欧美仅供观赏,我国除观赏而外,主要作蔬菜供食。因其有一种特殊的苦味,食后清凉可口有增进食欲的作用,为我国华中,华南和西南各省亚热带地区夏季的一种果菜类。近年来,由于对苦瓜的营养价值进一步了解。不但南方各省栽培面积迅速增加,而且引入北方也深受人们欢迎。目前,苦瓜已成为首都人民餐桌上不可缺少的 Balsam Pear origin East India, Europe and the United States only for viewing, in addition to watching our country, mainly for vegetables for food. Because of its special bitter taste, cool and delicious after eating has the effect of appetite, which is a kind of summer fruits and vegetables in the subtropical regions of Central China, South China and Southwest China. In recent years, due to the nutritional value of bitter melon to further understand. Not only have the cultivation areas in the southern provinces rapidly increased, but the introduction of the north has also been well received by the people. At present, bitter melon has become indispensable to the people in the capital