Its name is related to excrement, yet it sells for 300 yuan per jin, a value a hundred times higher

Summer has arrived, which also means it is time to eat watermelon. What I want to introduce to you today is a plant that looks very similar to a watermelon, but it is much smaller than a watermelon.

The name of this plant is related to excrement, but its value is far more than a hundred times greater. Its name is "shigualzi," also called "mapao melon" (Cucumis melo var. agrestis, wild melon). Most people, at first glance, would think it is a small watermelon that has not yet grown up.

Although the mapao melon looks like a watermelon, its taste is extremely bitter. If your curiosity is strong enough to make you go and try it, you will begin to doubt life itself.

Although the mapao melon has no edible value, its medicinal value is quite high. Its fruit can be used as medicine and has anti-aging and anti-tumor effects. This mapao melon sells for 300 yuan per jin on the market!