botanical record · discovered
Cucumber
Cucumis sativus
Cucumber · Agurk · Akuɔl · Almindelig agurk · Augurk · Cetriolo · Cetrulo · Chwerfwr · Chwerwddwr · Cocómaro · Cogombre · Cohombro · Concombre · Concombre cultivé, Concombre, Cornichon · Concombre cultivé, Cornichon · Cornichon cultivé, Concombre cultivé, Concombre, Cornichon · Courgette
At a glance
Origin / distribution: China, UK, Turkey, India, Venezuela, Java, Kurdistan, India(Santal)
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Burn, Cancer, Demulcent, Diuretic
Science studied: ALANINE, ALPHA-AMYRIN, BETA-AMYRIN, ARGININE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Scientific name: Cucumis sativus
Common names: Cucumber, Agurk, Akuɔl, Almindelig agurk, Augurk, Cetriolo, Cetrulo, Chwerfwr, Chwerwddwr, Cocómaro, Cogombre, Cohombro, Concombre, Concombre cultivé, Concombre, Cornichon, Concombre cultivé, Cornichon, Cornichon cultivé, Concombre cultivé, Concombre, Cornichon, Courgette
POWO: 292296-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in China, UK, Turkey, Elsewhere, India, Venezuela, Java, Kurdistan and 3 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Burn
- Cancer
- Demulcent
- Diuretic
- Emetic
- Pneumonia
- Refrigerant
- Skin
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- Sprue
- Taenifuge
- Vermifuge
- Wound
- Ache(Head)
- Dyspepsia
- Tonic
- Dysentery
- Scald
- Swelling
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- China
- UK
- Turkey
- Elsewhere
- India
- Venezuela
- Java
- Kurdistan
- India(Santal)
- Indochina
- Iraq
Documented cultural uses
- Burn
- Cancer
- Demulcent
- Diuretic
- Emetic
- Pneumonia
- Refrigerant
- Skin
- Sprue
- Taenifuge
- Vermifuge
- Wound
show 6 more documented entries
- Ache(Head)
- Dyspepsia
- Tonic
- Dysentery
- Scald
- Swelling
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Burn · China · "
- Cancer · UK · "
- Demulcent · Turkey · "
- Diuretic · Turkey · "
- Diuretic · China · "
- Diuretic · Elsewhere · "
- Emetic · China · "
- Pneumonia · India · "
- Refrigerant · Turkey · "
- Refrigerant · China · "
- Refrigerant · Elsewhere · "
- Skin · China · "
- Skin · Venezuela · "
- Sprue · Java · "
- Taenifuge · Kurdistan · "
- Vermifuge · Turkey · "
- Wound · China · "
- Ache(Head) · India(Santal) · "
- Dyspepsia · China · "
- Tonic · Elsewhere · "
- Dysentery · Indochina · "
- Refrigerant · Iraq · "
- Scald · China · "
- Swelling · China · "
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Computational Study of ADME-TOx from Selected Phytocompounds of Solanum tuberosum and Cucumis sativus. · 2026 source ↗
- ENHANCER OF SHOOT REGENERATION 1 (ESR1) functions in trichome initiation in cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.). · 2026 source ↗
- Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis of the GDPD Gene Family in Cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ALANINE
- ALPHA-AMYRIN
- BETA-AMYRIN
- ARGININE
- ASH
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- AVENASTEROL
- BORON
- BUTYRIC-ACID
- CALCIUM
- CAMPESTEROL
- BETA-CAROTENE
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- CHROMIUM
- CITRULLINE
- COPPER
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- CUCURBITACIN-A
- CUCURBITACIN-C
- CUCURBITACIN-D
- CUCURBITACIN-I
- CUCURBITIN
- CYCLOARTENOL
- CYSTINE
- 7-DEHYDRO-AVENASTEROL
- 25(27)-DEHYDRO-CHONDRILLASTEROL
- 25(27)-DEHYDRO-PORIFERASTEROL
- 1,3-DIAMINO-PROPANE
- 22-DIHYDRO-SPINASTEROL
- 24-ETHYLCHOLESTA-5-EN-7BETA-OL
- 24-BETA-ETHYL-25(27)-DEHYDROLATHOSTEROL
- 24-EPSILON-ETHYL-25(27)-DEHYDROLOPHENOL
- 24-EPSILON-ETHYL-31-NORLANOSTA-8,25(27)-DIEN-3-BETA-OL
- EUPHOL
- FAT
- FERULIC-ACID
- FIBER
- FOLACIN
- D-GLUCOSE
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- GLYCINE
- GRAMISTEROL
- HEXANAL
- HEXEN-(2)-AL-(1)
- HISTIDINE
- ISOLEUCINE
- ISOMULTIFLORINEOL
- LEUCINE
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- ALPHA-LINOLENIC-ACID
- LUPEOL
- LYSINE
- LYSOLECITHIN
- MELOSIDE-A
- MERCURY
- METHIONINE
- 24-METHYL-CHOLEST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL
- 2,4-METHYLENE-CHOLESTEROL
- 24-METHYLENE-CYCLOARTENOL
- 24-METHYLENE-24-DIHYDRO-LANOSTEROL
- 24-METHYLENE-24-DIHYDRO-PARKEOL
- 24-METHYLENEPOLLINASTEROL
- PL
- 24-METHYL-LATHOSTEROL
- MEVALONIC-ACID
- MOLYBDENUM
- MUFA
- MULTIFLORINEOL
- NICKEL
- NITROGEN
- NONA-TRANS-2,CIS-6-DIEN-1-AL
- NONADIEN-2,6-OL-2
- NONEN-2-AL-1
- OBTUSIFOLIOL
- OLEIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PENTADEC-CIS-8-EN-1-AL
- PHOSPHATIDIC-ACID
- PHOSPHATIDYL-CHOLINE
- PHOSPHATIDYL-GLYCEROL
- PHOSPHORUS
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- PROLINE
- PROPANAL
- PROTEIN
- PUFA
- RUBIDIUM
- SELENIUM
- SFA
- SILICON
- SILVER
- SODIUM
- SPERMIDINE
- ALPHA-SPINASTEROL
- STEARIC-ACID
- STIGMAST-7-EN-3-BETA-OL
- 7,22-STIGMASTADIEN-3BETA-OL
- 7-STIGMASTEN-3BETA-OL
- STIGMAST-7,22,25-TRIEN-3-BETA-OL
- STIGMASTEROL
- STRONTIUM
- SULFOQUINOVOSYL-DIACYL-GLYCEROL
- TARAXEROL
- THIAMIN
- TIRUCALLOL
- TITANIUM
- WATER
- ZINC
- ZIRCONIUM
- 22-DIHYDROBRASSICASTEROL
- MAGNESIUM
- PHOSPHATIDYL-ETHANOLAMINE
- SULFUR
- ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL
- ALUMINUM
- ARSENIC
- BARIUM
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- CARBOHYDRATES
- CLADOCHROMES
- CUCURBITACIN-B
- CUCURBITACIN-E
- CYCLOEUCALENOL
- 25(27)-DEHYDRO-FUNGISTEROL
- 24-ETHYL-5ALPHA-CHOLESTA-7,22-DIEN-3BETA-OL
- FLUORINE
- GAMMA-GLUTAMYL-BETA-PYRAZOL-1-YL-ALANINE
- IRON
- ISOORIENTIN
- LITHIUM
- 24-METHYL-25(27)-DEHYDROCYCLOARTANOL
- 24(R)-14ALPHA-METHYL-24-ETHYL-5ALPHA-CHOLEST-9(11)-EN-3BETA-OL
- NIACIN
- NONADIEN-2,6-AL-1
- NON-TRANS-2-EN-AL
- PANTOTHENIC-ACID
- PHOSPHATIDYL-INOSITOL
- POTASSIUM
- BETA-PYRAZOL-1-YL-ALANINE
- SERINE
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- SQUALENE
- STELLASTEROL
- STIGMAST-7,25-DIEN-3-BETA-OL
- SUGAR
- THREONINE
- TYROSINE
- VIT-B-6
- CADMIUM
- TRYPTOPHAN
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- COBALT
- LEAD
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- RIBOFLAVIN
- VALINE
- MANGANESE
- PHYLLOQUINONE
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
show claim source mapping
- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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