Cucumber

Cucumis sativus

Cucumbers are long, green vegetables that grow on vines. They are crunchy and refreshing to eat, often used in salads or pickles.

Lebensraum: Gardens

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The Cucumber plant has large, broad, lobed leaves and produces yellow, bell-shaped flowers. Its famous fruit is typically long, cylindrical, and green with smooth or spiny skin, sometimes striped or mottled in lighter green.

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Cucumber

Kategorie

Pflanzen

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Cucumbers can be grown in outer space! Astronauts have successfully cultivated them on the International Space Station.

Did you know a cucumber is technically a fruit, not a vegetable, because it grows from a flower and contains seeds?

The skin of a cucumber is packed with nutrients, so it's best to eat them unpeeled!

The world's longest cucumber ever grown measured over 1 meter long – longer than many kids are tall!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Cucumber has special curly tendrils that help its long vines climb up fences and trellises to reach sunlight.

Cucumber can produce fruits with over 95% water, helping itself and those who eat it stay hydrated in warm weather.

Some cucumber varieties have tiny spines or bumps on their fruit, which can deter hungry animals from taking a bite.

Maße und Details

Höhe: 150-300 cm
Ausbreitung: 60-180 cm
Blütengröße: 2-4 cm
Blütezeit: Sommer
Essbar: Ja
Giftigkeit: Keine
Lebenszyklus: Einjährig
Bestäubungsmethode: Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Honey bee

Apis mellifera

Transfers pollen between cucumber flowers

eaten by

Spotted cucumber beetle

Diabrotica undecimpunctata

Larvae feed on roots, adults eat leaves and fruit

eaten by

Cotton aphid

Aphis gossypii

Feeds on cucumber plant sap, weakening it

Merkmale

Fruchttragend

Fruchttragende Pflanzen produzieren Früchte, also die reifen Fruchtknoten von Blütenpflanzen, die Samen enthalten.

Essbar

Essbare Pflanzen sind diejenigen Pflanzenteile, die für den menschlichen Verzehr als unbedenklich gelten.

Landwirtschaftlich

Dieses Merkmal der menschlichen Nutzung beschreibt Arten, die von Menschen für landwirtschaftliche Zwecke angebaut oder domestiziert werden, einschließlich Nutzpflanzen und Nutztieren.