What is a cucumber?

Cucumber (scientific name: cucumber? An annual creeping or climbing herb of Cucurbitaceae. Stems and branches are elongated, wrinkled, and white and rough. Tendrils are very thin. Petiole slightly rough, with rough hair; Leaf blade broadly ovate-cordate, membranous, lobes triangular, dentate. Monoecious. Male flowers: constant flowers clustered in leaf axils; Pedicel slender, puberulent; Corolla yellow-white, oblong-lanceolate corolla lobes. Female flowers: solitary or sparsely clustered; Pedicel stout, pilose; The ovary is rough. The fruit is oblong or cylindrical, yellow-green at maturity and rough on the surface. Seeds are small, narrowly ovate, white, borderless, and both ends are nearly acute. Summer flower and fruit period.

It is widely cultivated in all parts of China, and cultivated in greenhouses or plastic greenhouses in many areas. Now it is widely planted in temperate and tropical regions. Cucumber is one of the main vegetables in China in summer. Stems and vines have medicinal value, which can diminish inflammation, eliminate phlegm and relieve spasm.