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  • COMMON NAME: Cucumber
  • ARABIC: خيار
  • BOTANICAL NAME: Cucumis sativus L.
  • SYNONYMS: Cucumis muricatus, Cucumis setosus, Cucumis esculentus, Cucumis rumphii.
  • FAMILY: CUCURBITACEAE
  • KIND: Introduced
  • EMIRATE: Fujairah
  • CATEGORIES: Medicinal (M) Fruits (F) Apiculture (A)
  • GROWTH FORMS: Herbs
  • HABITATS: Terrace Sandy
  • TYPES: Annual
  • REMARKS: Plants used by honeybees for nectar collection for honey production.
V.V. Byalt, V.M. Korshunov, M.V. Korshunov. Cadaster of the Flora of Fujairah Emirate (United Arab Emirates). Al Fujairah 2021. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:292296-1/images https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/265058 https://climbers.lsa.umich.edu/?p=252
Honey nectar plants. Edible fruit. medicinal plant.
Herbaceous vine with pubescent stems and unbranched tendrils up to 30cm long. Leaves are alternate and simple, with 3-7 palmate lobes and serrated margins. Yellow 5-merous flowers bearing either female or male organs. Hairless cylindrical fruits are warty, yellow to green, and up to 50cm long. Flowering from February-May.
Cultivated places and farms.
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