The fruit of winter melon has bristles, the petiole has coarse bristles and villes, and the stem has yellowish brown bristles and villes.
Wax gourd, an annual vine or shelf herb belonging to Cucurbitaceae Wax gourd, has furrowed stems, thick petioles, monoecious plants, solitary flowers, long cylindrical or nearly spherical fruits, large, hoarfrost, and egg shaped seeds.
Wax gourd is mainly distributed in other tropical and subtropical regions in Asia, and is cultivated in all parts of China. There are wild people in southern Yunnan of China, and the fruit is far smaller. It is also distributed in eastern Australia and Madagascar.
In addition to being vegetables, winter melon fruits can also be soaked into various sweets; The peel and seeds are used medicinally.