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 The '''cucumber''' (Cucumis sativus), or less formally cuke, is a widely cultivated plant in the gourd family, Cucurbitaceae. It is a creeping vine that bears cucumiform fruits that are used as vegetables. There are three main varieties of cucumber: slicing, pickling, and seedless. 

Cucumber contains rutin; seeds glucosides including cucurbitaside; leaves free cucurbitasides B & C, ferredoxin, alpha-spinasterol. Free and bound sterols are found in seedlings and in male and female flowers. Presence of proteolytic enzymes, ascorbic acid oxidase and succinic and malic dehydrogenases has been reported. <ref name="Chemical composition"/>

{{Common names|kn=southe Southe kaayi|ml=kakkariKakkari, mullanvellariMullanvellari, vellariVellari|sa=bahuphalaBahuphala, kandaluKandalu, kantakilataKantakilata, kantakiphalaKantakiphala, sudhavasaSudhavasa, trapushaTrapusha|ta=mullan Mullan vellari, mullanvellariMullanvellari, mulluvellariMulluvellari, vellariVellari, vellariVellari-k-kay|te=dosa Dosa kaya, ujakaayipaUjakaayipa|hi=kakreeKakree, khiraKhira|en=Cucumber}}

{{Leaf|Simple|alternateAlternate|Tendrils 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. }}<ref name="Leaf"/>

{{Flower|Unisexual|Axillary|Yellow|3|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 Yellowish green. Seeds 8-10 x 3-5 mm, oblong.||}}

Seed - sow early to mid spring in a rich soil. Germination should take place within 2 weeks.<ref name="Cultivation details"/>

* [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Cucumis+sativusCucumis sativus on theferns.info] * [https://aryanveda.in/kheera-cucumis-sativus/Cucumis sativus on aryanveda.in]