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