NCCWDB

Cucumis sativus / Cucumber / 黄瓜

  • Introduction
    Cucumis sativus petiole slightly rough, with rough bristles, 10~16 (~20) cm long, leaves broadly ovate-heart-shaped, membranous, 7~20 cm long and wide, very rough on both sides, covered with rough bristles, 3~5 angular or shallowly lobed, lobes triangular, toothed, sometimes marginal hairs on the edges, apex acute or acute, base bent semicircular, 2~3 cm wide, 2~2.5 cm deep, sometimes the base is leaning back. The fruit is oblong or cylindrical, 10~30 (~50) cm long, yellow or green when ripe, rough surface, with thorny nodulous protrusions, very sparse and nearly smooth. The seeds are small, narrowly ovate, white, without edges, nearly acute at both ends, about 5~10 mm long. Flowering and fruiting period in summer.
  • Common name: / Cucumber / 黄瓜
  • Taxonomy: Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; eudicotyledons; Gunneridae; Pentapetalae; rosids; fabids; Cucurbitales; Cucurbitaceae; Benincaseae; Cucumis

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