The cucumber is a widely cultivated creeping vine in the Cucurbitaceae family, grown for its cylindrical to spherical fruit and used as a culinary vegetable in slicing, pickling and seedless types. It originates in Asia, in a region spanning India, Nepal, Bangladesh, China and northern Thailand, and has been cultivated for at least 3,000 years; China now leads world production. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Scientific Name Domestication RegionIndia, Nepal, Bangladesh, China (Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi), and Northern Thailand 1 Domesticated When (Circa)cultivated for at least 3,000 years; the source gives no single domestication year 1 Connections
Associated With
Cucumber mosaic virus was first described in cucumber and remains a significant cucurbit pathogen.
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1. Cucumber (Wikipedia)
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The cucumber (Cucumis sativus) is a widely-cultivated creeping vine plant in the family Cucurbitaceae that bears cylindrical to spherical fruits, used as culinary vegetables.
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Cucumis sativus
Lead section, classification
The cucumber (Cucumis sativus) is a widely-cultivated creeping vine plant in the family Cucurbitaceae that bears cylindrical to spherical fruits, used as culinary vegetables.
Lead section, domestication region
The cucumber originates in Asia, in a region extending from India, Nepal, Bangladesh, China (Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi), and Northern Thailand
Lead section, domestication date
They have been cultivated for at least 3,000 years, and were eaten all year round by the Roman Emperor Tiberius.
lead description or Wikipedia lead (life-cycle)
Considered an annual plant, there are three main types: slicing, pickling, and seedless.
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