Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cucumis sativus L. [Cucurbitaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ailar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ailaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anilvarikkotunkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anilvariyan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
araikkiraikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arou	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
arpapiramanakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bahuphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
beej kheera	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
cetriolino da sottaceto	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cetriolo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cetriolo da tavola	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
civataki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civatakikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cohombro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
concombre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
concombre commun	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cornichon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cucumber	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
cukacakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cukacakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cukacam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cukkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cì guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dobba	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dosa kaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dosekaaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dosekaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dozakaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
elaroo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
entimun	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
etimun	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ga go na	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gherkin	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gurka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gurke	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
haswey	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
hiyar	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
hu kua	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
huang gua	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
huang kua	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
huanggua	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
huáng guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
huáng guā yè	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hú guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kaakdi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kacakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kado	Other	Non-Timber Forest Prod. in Swat, Pakistan (Bilal et al., 2020)
kakdi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakkarikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakrikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kandalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kankri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanshad	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kantakilata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantakiphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantiaali kaakudi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
karkaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karkatee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karkati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuvacam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kasad	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
katimun	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
kattirikuntan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaṇṭakiphalam	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
khayar	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
khayaru badrang	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kheera	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kheeraa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kheyar	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
khiar	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
khira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khiraa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
khirakaya	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
khiyaar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
khiyar	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khiyar (khira)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khiyar mai	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
ki-uri	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kiyar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koshaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ksheeraa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
ku	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kutalakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kyūri	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
maghe kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maghz tukhm khilyarin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maghz tukhm khiyarin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maghz tukhm-i-khiyarin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maghz-i-khiyarin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maghz-i-tukhm-i- khiyarin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maghz-i-tukhm-i-khiyarin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mayaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
miruntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
moge kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mul-vellari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullan vellari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullanvellari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullen-belleri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullu southe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mullusavte	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
mulluvellari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mulvellarikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mūtralaṃ	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
nattuvellari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirvellari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pantalkattiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pepinillo	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
pepino	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
pipigngna	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
pipiknkna	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
pipingkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pippinkaay	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
pippinkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pitapushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pottiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pottiricceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qasad	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
qisa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sakusa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
santekaayi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
santekayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sautekayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sauthe balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sauthe kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
setimun	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shashaa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
southe kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
spinach	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
sudhavasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sudhāvāsaḥ	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
sukasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sushitala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
swetakarkataka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taanslee	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
tause	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
tavase	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tavsini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tha-khwar-thi	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
thaseya kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thavase	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thiyambara	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
tiktakarkatika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiktakarkatikaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
timun	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
timun china	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tirapucam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tirikatam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
traapusha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
trapukarkati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
trapusa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
trapusah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
trapusam	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
trapusha	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
trapushi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
trapusi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
trapuṣaṃ (seed)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
tukhm khiyarin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm khiyarin nim koafta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm khiyarin nim kofta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm-e-khiyar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm-i-khiyaria	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tundilaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ujakaayipa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uruvar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uruvaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uruvarkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uruvarpayan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
urvarappan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
urvarappankoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
urvarukam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
usnakapakari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellaippukikakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellaippukikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellari	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
vellari-k-kay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellari-ppu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellarikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellarikkaay	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
vellarikkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vellarikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellarikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vittukakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wáng guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xeyar	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
śvetakarahaṭakaṃ	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
رايخ	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
قثد	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
තියඹරා	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
පිපිඤ්ඤා	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
‫خيار‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
刺瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
南瓜子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
王瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
胡瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黄瓜	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黄瓜叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黄瓜子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黄瓜根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黄瓜皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黄瓜藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黄瓜霜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Fructus	Fresh	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Fruit		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Fruit		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Roots, Seeds		Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019)
Fruit, Leaf, Root		Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
Fruits, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Root, seed, fruit		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
leaf, frond		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Fruit		Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
Fruit, seed		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Seed		Non-Timber Forest Prod. in Swat, Pakistan (Bilal et al., 2020)
fruit, aerial part, leaf		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
seed, leaves, flower	fruit juice	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
fruits		Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014)
seed		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
seed	dried seed	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
seed	dried seed	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
fruit		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
fruit		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
Fruit (Fruit, Seed)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 60 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cucumis hardwickii Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 220 (1835).
Cucumis esculentus Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 157 (1796).
Cucumis muricatus Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 613 (1805).
Cucumis rumphii Hassk. Abh. Naturf. Ges. Halle 9: 280 (1866).
Cucumis sativus subsp. agrestis Gabaev Cucumbers: 35 (1932).
Cucumis sativus var. albus Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 300 (1828).
Cucumis sativus f. albus M.Hiroe Pl. Basho's & Buson's Hokku Lit. 8(3): 191 (1973), nom. illeg.
Cucumis sativus f. albus (Ser.) Pangalo La Turquie Agricole: 557, 882 (1933).
Cucumis sativus var. anatolicus Gabaev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 23: 452 (1929-1930 publ. 1930).
Cucumis sativus var. anglicus L.H.Bailey Stand. Cycl. Hort. 2: 908 (1914).
Cucumis sativus f. australis Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 14: 44 (1950).
Cucumis sativus var. battich-djebbal Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 169 (1775).
Cucumis sativus f. borealis Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 14: 44 (1950).
Cucumis sativus var. brullos Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 169 (1775).
Cucumis sativus f. brunnescens Gabaev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 23: 455, 456 (1929-1930 publ. 1930).
Cucumis sativus var. chatte Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 169 (1775).
Cucumis sativus var. chiar Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 169 (1775).
Cucumis sativus var. cilicicus Gabaev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 23: 452, 465 (1929-1930 publ. 1930).
Cucumis sativus var. curtus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 196 (1866).
Cucumis sativus var. donii Alef. Landw. Fl.: 197 (1866).
Cucumis sativus var. ennemis Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 169 (1775).
Cucumis sativus var. europaeus Gabaev Cucumbers: 35, 39, 62 (1932).
Cucumis sativus convar. excellens Alef. Landw. Fl.: 196 (1866).
Cucumis sativus var. fakus Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 169 (1775).
Cucumis sativus var. falcatus Gabaev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 23: 451, 454 (1929-1930 publ. 1930).
Cucumis sativus var. fastigiatus Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 300 (1828).
Cucumis sativus var. flavus Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 300 (1828).
Cucumis sativus var. flexuosus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 197 (1866).
Cucumis sativus subsp. gracilior Gabaev Cucumbers: 36 (1932).
Cucumis sativus var. grossularioides Tkatsch. Trudy Prikl. Bot., Ser. 2, Genet. Rast. 9: 328 (1935).
Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii (Royle) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 196 (1866).
Cucumis sativus f. hardwickii (Royle) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes Sandakania 17: 58 (2008).
Cucumis sativus subsp. hardwickii (Royle) Banfi & Galasso Ital. Botanist 9: 66 (2020).
Cucumis sativus var. hollandicus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 197 (1866).
Cucumis sativus var. indoeuropeus Gabaev Cucumbers: 35, 43, 57 (1932).
Cucumis sativus var. iranoturanicus Gabaev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 23: 452, 461 (1929-1930 publ. 1930).
Cucumis sativus var. izmir Gabaev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 23: 452, 463 (1929-1930 publ. 1930).
Cucumis sativus f. pallescens Gabaev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 23: 456, 455 (1929-1930 publ. 1930).
Cucumis sativus var. pallidus Gabaev La Turquie Agricole: 552 (1933), nom. illeg.
Cucumis sativus convar. pallidus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 197 (1866).
Cucumis sativus var. praecox Alef. Landw. Fl.: 197 (1866).
Cucumis sativus subsp. rigidus Gabaev Cucumbers: 35 (1932).
Cucumis sativus var. rossicus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 197 (1866).
Cucumis sativus var. schemmam Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 169 (1775).
Cucumis sativus var. serotinus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 197 (1866).
Cucumis sativus var. setosus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 197 (1866).
Cucumis sativus var. sikkimensis Hook.f. Bot. Mag. 102: t. 6206 (1876).
Cucumis sativus var. squamosus Gabaev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 23: 451, 459 (1929-1930 publ. 1930).
Cucumis sativus var. testudaceus Gabaev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 23: 451, 459 (1929-1930 publ. 1930).
Cucumis sativus var. tuberculatus Gabaev Trudy Prikl. Bot. 23: 451, 456 (1929-1930 publ. 1930).
Cucumis sativus var. turcicus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 197 (1866).
Cucumis sativus f. typicus Gabaev La Turquie Agricole: 556 (1933), not validly publ.
Cucumis sativus var. variegatus Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 300 (1828).
Cucumis sativus var. viridis Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 300 (1828).
Cucumis sativus f. viridis (Ser.) Gabaev La Turquie Agricole: 556, 558, 882 (1933).
Cucumis sativus convar. viridis (Ser.) Alef. Landw. Fl.: 196 (1866).
Cucumis sativus var. vulgatus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 196 (1866).
Cucumis sativus var. xishuangbannanensis J.Qi & Z.Yuan ex S.S.Renner PhytoKeys 85: 89 (2017).
Cucumis sphaerocarpus Gabaev Cucumbers: 28 (1932).
Cucumis vilmorinii Spreng. Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 19: 115 (1894).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cucumis hardwickii Royle	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Cucumis satiuus L.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cucumis sativus	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Non-Timber Forest Prod. in Swat, Pakistan (Bilal et al., 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Abui Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Cucumis sativus L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cucumis sativus L. var. sativus	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Cucumis sativus Linn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
Cucumus sativum	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)

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