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Cucumber (scientific name: Cucumis sativus L.) is an annual trailing or climbing herbaceous plant of the Cucurbitaceae family. The stems and branches are elongated, furrowed, and covered with white rough hairs. The tendrils are thin. The petiole is slightly rough, with rough hairs; the leaves are broadly ovate, heart-shaped, membranous, with triangular lobes and teeth. Monoecious. Male flowers: Constant flowers clustered in the leaf axils; pedicels are slender and puberulent; corolla is yellow-white, and the corolla lobes are oblong-lanceolate. Female flowers: solitary or sparsely clustered; peduncle thick, pubescent; ovary rough. The fruit is oblong or cylindrical, yellow-green when ripe, and has a rough surface. Seeds are small, narrowly ovate, white, without edges, and both ends are sharply pointed. Flowering and fruiting period in summer.
It is commonly cultivated throughout China, and many areas have greenhouses or plastic greenhouses for cultivation; it is now widely grown in temperate and tropical areas. Cucumber is one of the main vegetables in summer in various parts of China. The stems and vines are used medicinally for their anti-inflammatory, expectorant and antispasmodic properties.
