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Cucumber
Cucumis sativus
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) 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. Within these varieties, several cultivars have been created. In North America, the term "wild cucumber" refers to plants in the genera Echinocystis and Marah, but these are not closely related. The cucumber is originally from South Asia, but...
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
The History of Japan, Vol. 1
Engelbert Kaempfer · 1727 · p.516
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.662
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.737
Herbarius
1485 · p.104
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1486 · p.104
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.297
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.684
Six Groups of the History of Plants
Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.673
The Anatomy of Plants (Vol. 2)
Nehemiah Grew · 1682 · p.528
Latin Herbal
1484 · p.103
Latin Herbal with German Synonyms
1484 · p.131
Herbarius latinus (with Dutch synonyms)
1486 · p.101
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 54919.