丝瓜为葫芦科丝瓜属,一年生攀缘性草本植物。由于其老熟后呈丝络状,故名曰丝瓜。供食用的丝瓜,可分普通丝瓜和有棱丝瓜。普通丝瓜又称水瓜、天罗、布瓜等,分布地方较广,我国南北各地均有栽培;有棱丝瓜,又称胜瓜、絮瓜、角瓜等,南方较多,以广东为最多,故又称粤丝瓜。 丝瓜还有其它许多古怪的名字,如蛮瓜、天吊瓜、纯阳瓜、倒阳菜等等。 Loofah gourd Cucurbita is an annual climax herb. Because of its old cooked was silky shape, it is called loofah. Loofah for food, can be divided into ordinary loofah and gourd lobster. Common gourd, also known as water melon, sky Lo, cloth melon, etc., distributed in a wide range of places, there are cultivated in North and South China; there are edge loofah, also known as melon, flutter melon, melon, etc., more in the south, , It is also known as Guangdong loofah. Loofah there are many other weird names, such as the pretty melon, the day hanging melon, Chunyang melon, pouring vegetables and so on.