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Cucumis sativus f. sativus
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Family:
CUCURBITACEAE
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Citation: Cucumis sativus L., Sp. Pl. 1012. 1753, f. sativus; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 620. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 535(378). 1919; Chakrav., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 11: 36. 1982; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 123. 1982; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 176. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 288. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 154. 1995; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 288. 1997; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 318. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Salad Vellari, Cucumber
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Cucumber
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Description:
Hirsute prostrate herbs; tandrils simple. Leaves 10-16 cm long and broad, broadly orbicular or ovate-cordate, entire or palmately 5-lobed, margin bi-denticulate; petiole to 15 cm long. Male flowers 3-4, in axilliary fascicles. Calyx 8-10 mm long, companulate, densely villous, lobes subulate. Corolla yellow, 2-3 cm long; lobes acute. Stamens 3; filaments reduced; anthers 3-4 mm long, flexuous; pistillode globose. Female flowers solitary. Ovary ellipsoid, tubercled, densely pubscent; style to 3 mm long. Fruit oblong, yellowish green. Seeds 8-10 x 3-5 mm, oblong.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-May
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Cultivated
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Distribution:
Native in the Himalayan region, cultivated in many Tropical and Subtropical countries
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
Yes
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Vegetable:
Yes
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Pattanakadu, Hereford, Ariankavu
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