Cucumis sativus
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Description
Annual climber or trailer, with fibrous roots, shoots to 5 m long, plant scabrid by bristly hairs.
Leaves:
Fruit ripening whitish or green, or variously two-coloured (striped), white, green or yellow(-brown), ellipsoid to cylindrical, 5-20(-50) cm long, blunt at apex, smooth or with low prickles;
Seeds elliptic, 7-12 mm long, not winged.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Thailand (Thailand present), Myanmar present, Northern India present, SE Asia present
Originally occurring in SE Asia (the wild form, forma hardwickii (Royle) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes in northern India, Myanmar and Thailand), at present cultivated worldwide for its fruits.
Uses
Cucumis sativus, the cucumber, is probably the most commonly used source of raw or cooked vegetable.
Citation
J.H.Kirkbr. 1993: Biosyst. Monogr. Gen. Cucumis: 84
L. 2008 – In: Fl. Thailand: 428
Merr. 1917: Interpr. Rumph. Herb. Amboin.: 47, 492
Gildemacher & G.J.Jansen 1993 – In: PROSEA: 157
W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes – In: Sandakania: 56
Cogn. 1881 – In: A.DC. & C.DC., Monogr. Phan. 3: 498
C.Jeffrey 2001 – In: Hanelt, Mansfeld’s encycl. agric. hort. crops 3: 1520
Backer 1964 – In: Backer & Bakh.f., Fl. Java 1: 301
C.B.Clarke 1879 – In: Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 2: 620
I.Telford 1982 – In: Fl. Australia: 189