PUBLISHED IN: Species Plantarum 2: 1012. 1753.

TYPE: Europe. Cultivated plants, J. Burser vol. 17, no. 97 (lectotype, designated Ten Pas et al., 1985: UPS).

ETYMOLOGY: cultivated

SYNONYMY: Cucumis esculentus Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 157. 1796.
Cucumis muricatus Willd., Species Plantarum. Editio quarta 4: 613. 1805.

INFRASPECIFIC TAXA: Cucumis sativus var. chiar Forssk., Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica 169. 1775.
Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii (Royle) Alef., Landwirthschaftliche Flora 196. 1866. Basionym: Cucumis hardwickii Royle, Illustrations of the Botany… of the Himalayan Mountains… 220, t. 47, f. 3. 1835.
Cucumis sativus var. xishuangoannaensis Qi & Yuan

VERNACULAR NAME: cucumber

OTHER VERNACULAR NAMES: pickling cucumber, gherkin
     Arabic: khiar
     Chinese: hu gua, huang gua
     Danish: agurk, Asie-agurk, drueagurk
     Dutch: komkommer, augurk
     French: concombre, cornichon
     German: Salat-Gurke, Schlangengurke, Schälgurke, Essiggurke, Gewürzgurke, Einlegegurke
     Hindi: khira
     Italian: cetriolo, cetriolino
     Japanese: kyuuri
     Malay: timun
     Portuguese: pepino, pepino de salada, cornichon
     Russian: ogurec, ogurtzy dlinno plodny, ogurtzy korotka
     Spanish: pepino, pepinillo, cohombro
     Spanish (Mexico): bitoni, pitoni castilla
     Tagalog: pepino, kalabaga, kasimum, maras, madas

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DESCRIPTION:

CHROMOSOME NUMBER: 2n = 14.

DISTRIBUTION: Asia: Burma, China (Yunnan Province), India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. Cultivated worldwide.

ECOLOGY:

EDIBLE USE: Immature fruit eaten raw or pickled.

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LITERATURE: Keraudren, M. 1966. Cucurbitacees. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores. 185: 1–165.
Keraudren-Aymonin, M. 1990. Cucurbitacées. Flore des Mascareignes : la Réunion, Maurice, Rodrigues. 101: 1–21.
Pas, H.N. ten, J.W.P. Schoenaker, E.H. Oost, & C.E. Jarvis. 1985. Taxon 34.

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