Like all plants, the quả bí ngô, bí ngô starts out with a seed. The seed consists of a shiny green skin, covered with a tough, white shell. It can be eaten as a snack. The seed sprouts and generates a fuzzy stem, tiny coils called tendrils, heart-shaped leaves, and yellow, star-shaped flowers. The leaves and hoa are also edible. The leaves can be eaten in soups and curries, while the hoa may be eaten fried as an appetizer. Small green fruits grow under the flowers. As they mature, they grow and turn into big, trái cam, màu da cam pumpkins and the hoa shrink and disappear. The mature trái cây is ready to eat in many different ways, hoặc in other words, versatile. It can be eaten in soups, pies, hoặc roasted. It is, again, filled with seeds, and it starts all over again.