Cucumber (scientific name: CucumissativusL. ) 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.