Cucumis sativus L.

Family: Cucurbitaceae

Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Cucurbitales > Cucurbitaceae > Cucumis > C. sativus

Common name [English]: Cucumber

Vernacular name [Malayalam]: വെള്ളരി

Nativity: Himalaya to China and N. Thailand

Habitat: grows on moist, well-drained (sandy) soils rich in organic matter and slightly alkaline.

Description: C. sativus is a morphologically variable annual herbaceous climber. The stems are prostrate, angular, and covered in white pubescence. Stipules are absent, and the plant bears unbranched axillary tendrils up to 30cm long 10-16 cm long petioles. The pubescent leaves are alternately arranged on petioles, simple, basally cordate, and apically acute with 3-7 palmate lobes. The palmately-veined leaves are nearly orbicular, 7-20cm long and broad.

Flowering and Fruiting: September - May

Uses: vegetable and roots are diuretic

Cultivation: Cultivated

References

http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org

https://indiabiodiversity.org