2. Cucumber (Cucumber of Cucurbitaceae): Cucumber is an annual creeping or climbing herb of Cucurbitaceae. Stems and branches are elongated, furrowed, and are white and coarse. Tendrils are thin. Petiole slightly rough, with coarse hairs; Leaf blade broadly ovate-cordate, membranous, lobes triangular, dentate. Monoecious. Male flowers: constant flowers clustered in leaf axils; Pedicel slender, puberulent; Corolla yellow-white, corolla lobes oblong-lanceolate. Female flowers: solitary or sparsely clustered; Pedicel stout, pilose; The ovary is rough. The fruit is oblong or cylindrical, yellow-green when ripe, and the surface is rough. The seeds are small, narrowly ovate, white, borderless, and both ends are nearly acute. Flower and fruit period in summer. It is widely cultivated in all parts of China and cultivated in greenhouses or plastic greenhouses in many areas. Now it is widely planted in temperate and tropical regions. Cucumber is one of the main vegetables in China in summer.