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Cucumis sativus (CUMSA)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information

EPPO Code: CUMSA
Preferred name: Cucumis sativus
Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Native to the Himalayas, Bangladesh, Indochina (Myanmar, Thailand), China. Cultivated as a vegetable since ancient times.

Common names

Name	Language
cucumber	English
gherkin	English
timun	English
Essiggurke	German
Gurke	German
concombre	French
concombre cultive	French
cornichon	French
cohombro	Spanish (ES)
pepinillo	Spanish
pepino	Spanish
cetriolo	Italian
augurk	Dutch
komkommer	Dutch
cogombro	Portuguese
cornichao	Portuguese
pepineiro	Portuguese
pepininho	Portuguese
pepino	Portuguese
tolombo	Portuguese
gurka	Swedish
kyuri	Japanese
キュウリ	Japanese
огурец посевной	Russian
almindelig agurk	Danish
agurk	Norwegian
kurkku	Finnish
hıyar	Turkish
ogorek siewny	Polish
uborka	Hungarian
kastravec	Albanian
khiar	Arabic
luzoker	Basque
melerkia	Basque
sasa	Bengali
краставица	Bulgarian
cogombrera	Catalan
huang gu?	Chinese
?瓜	Chinese
krastavac?	Croatian
okurka seta	Czech
kheera	Hindi
khira	Hindi
????	Hindi
오이	Korean
o i	Korean
agurkai	Lithuanian
cogom	Occitan
concoum	Occitan
cougoum	Occitan
councoumbre	Occitan
uhorka ?alatova	Slovak
navadna kumara	Slovene
ог?рок пос?вний	Ukrainian

Taxonomy

Kingdom Plantae ( 1PLAK )

Phylum Magnoliophyta ( 1MAGP )

Class Angiospermae ( 1ANGC )

Category Fabids ( 1FABD )

Order Cucurbitales ( 1CUCO )

Family Cucurbitaceae ( 1CUCF )

Genus Cucumis ( 1CUMG )

Species Cucumis sativus ( CUMSA )

Associated Non-Taxonomic

|-- fruiting cucurbitaceous vegetable crops (3FCVC)