Cucurbitaceae

Garden cucumber

Cucumis sativus L.

Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Cucumis

Pets and kids

CatsNot sure
DogsNot sure
KidsSafe

Why

Cats: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for cats, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Dogs: Not sure

We found no reliable source on this plant for dogs, so we don't call it safe. Keep it out of reach until you have checked with your vet.

Kids: Safe

Sources below say it is non-toxic to young children. Any plant can upset a stomach if a lot is eaten.

Cucumis sativus (Cucumber, Cucumbers, Garden Cucumber, Garden Cucumbers, Gherkin, Gherkins, Immature Cucumbers) | North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbo University or extension

Ate some? Call your vet or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435 (a fee may apply). For a child, call Poison Help at 1-800-222-1222 (US). If they are struggling to breathe or collapse, call 911. Don't give anything by mouth unless a vet or poison expert tells you to.

Garden cucumber (Cucumis sativus) — FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (184)

ace: Timon aki
aeb: فقوس
Afrikaans: Komkommer
Albanian: Trangulli
Amharic: ኪያር
ang: Hƿerhƿette, Cucumber
Arabic: خيار, الخيار, القثد, قثد
arc: ܩܛܘܬܐ
Armenian: Վարունգ
arz: خيار
Asturian: Pepinu
azb: خیار
Azerbaijani: Adi xiyar
ba: Ҡыяр
ban: Ketimun
Bangla: শসা, শশা
bar: Gugumma, Guggumma, Guggummer, Gurgumma, Gurke, Kimerling, Umurkn
Basque: Luzoker, Kuia-luze, Pepino
Belarusian: Агурок звычайны, Агурок пасяўны, Агуркі, Агурок
bew: Bontèng
Bhojpuri: खीरा
bi: Kukamba
bik: Pepino
bjn: Bilungka
bo: རྡོ་ཀུབ།, ཀུ་ཀུམ་བར།
Bosnian: Krastavac
Breton: Kokombrez
Bulgarian: Краставица
Burmese: သခွားပင်, သခွား
Cantonese: 黃瓜
Catalan: Cogombre
cdo: Chái-guă
ce: Огурцы
Central Kurdish: خەیار, خیار
Cherokee: ᎦᎦᎹ, Cucumber
Chinese: 黄瓜, 胡瓜, 黄瓜叶, 黄瓜子, 黄瓜根, 黄瓜皮, 黄瓜藤, 黄瓜霜
chy: Heškóvemâhöö'o
Corsican: Cucumaru, Cuccumaru
Croatian: Krastavac
csb: Gùrka
cv: Хӑяр
Czech: Okurka setá, Okurek
dag: Kukomba
Danish: Almindelig Agurk, Agurk
din: Akuɔl
dsb: Górka
dtp: Sangop
Dutch: Komkommerplant, Komkommer, Komkommer plant
eml: Cumór
English: Garden cucumber, Cucumber, Gherkin plant, Green cum, Hard green cumplant
Esperanto: Kukumo
Estonian: Harilik kurk, Kurgid, Kurk
Faroese: Agurka, Agurk, Gurka
Filipino: Pipino, Cucumber, Pepino
Finnish: Kurkku, Vihanneskurkku, Tuorekurkku
French: Concombre, Cocombre, Concombre hollandais, Concombre libanais, Concombre long, Concombre noa
frr: Gurk
Galician: Cogombro
gan: 簕瓜, 黃瓜
gcr: Konkonm
Georgian: Კიტრი
German: Gurke, Salatgurke
glk: خیار
gor: Ketimun jepang
Greek: Αγγούρι, Αγγουριά, Ξυλάγγουρο
Gujarati: કાકડી
gv: Cucowr
Haitian Creole: Konkonm
Hebrew: מלפפון, קישוא הגינה
Hindi: खीरा
hsb: Kórka, Kórki
Hungarian: Uborka, Savanyító uborka
hyw: Վարունգ
iba: Rampu, Entimun
Icelandic: Gúrka, Agúrka
ie: Cucumbre
Igbo: Cucumber
Indonesian: Mentimun, Ketimun, Ketimun suri, Timun
inh: Нарс
io: Kukombro
Irish: Cúcamar
Italian: Cetrioli, Cetriolo
iu: ᐃᓇᓗᐊᓕᐅᓴᖅ
Japanese: キュウリ, きゅうり, 胡瓜, 黄瓜
Javanese: Timun
kaa: Qıyar
kab: Agan
Kannada: ಸೌತೆಕಾಯಿ
Kazakh: Қияр, Бәдірен
kge: Lopang
Khmer: ត្រសក់
Kinyarwanda: Konkombure
Konkani: ತಮ್ಡೆ ತೊವ್ಶೆ
Korean: 오이, 오이꽃
ks: لٲر
ksh: Jurk, Gurke
Kurdish: Xiyar, Xeyar
Kyrgyz: Бадыраң
lah: کھیرا
Lao: ໝາກແຕງ
Latvian: Gurķis, Gurķi, Lauka gurķis, Sējas gurķis
lbe: Нисварти
lez: Афни
lij: Chigheummao, Chighéumou, Cughœmaru, Cugömaru
Lithuanian: Paprastasis agurkas, Agurkas
Luxembourgish: Concomber, Grouss Kornischong, Kornischong
Macedonian: Краставица, Agorks, Almindelig Agurk, Bodring, Bonténg, Castravete, Chhì-koe, Chigheummao
mad: Tèmon
Maithili: खिरा
Malagasy: Kitsaotsao
Malay: Timun, Mentimun
Malayalam: വെള്ളരി, Cucumber
Maltese: Ħjar, Ħjara
Manipuri: ꯊꯕꯤ
Marathi: काकडी
mdf: Куяр
min: Antimun
Mongolian: Өргөст хэмх
myv: Куяр
nan: Chhì-koe
Nepali: गोल काँक्रो
new: तुसि
nia: La'izu
Norwegian Bokmål: Agurk
Norwegian Nynorsk: Agurk
Odia: କାକୁଡ଼ି
Oromo: Kiyaara
os: Джитъри
pam: Pipinu
pap: Kònkòmber
Pashto: بادرنگ
pcd: Conconbe
Persian: خیار
pnt: Αγγούρ'
Polish: Ogórek siewny
Portuguese: Pepino, Pepinos
Punjabi: ਖੀਰਾ
Quechua: Kachun, Khachun
roa: Cetrule
Romanian: Castravete, Castraveti, Castraveți
rsk: Огурка
rup: Câstrâvețu
Russian: Огурец обыкновенный, Огурец, Огурец посевной
Sanskrit: उर्वारुकम्
sat: ᱛᱟᱦᱮᱨ
sco: Cucumber
Serbian: Краставац, Краставци
Serbian (Latin): Krastavac
sgs: Agorks, Agurks
shn: တူၼ်ႈတႅင်, တႅင်
Sindhi: کيرا
Slovak: Uhorka siata
Slovenian: Navadna kumara, Kumara, Kumare, Kumarica, Solatna kumara
Somali: Qajaar
Spanish: C. sativus, Cogombro cultivado, Cogombro domestico, Cogombro doméstico, Cohombro comun, Cohombro común, Cohombro cultivado, Combro
srn: Komkomro
Sundanese: Bonténg, Bonteng
Swahili: Mtango
Swedish: Gurka
Tajik: Бодиринг
Tamil: வெள்ளரி, வெள்ளரிக்காய்
Tatar: Гади кыяр
tay: Kulibuy
Telugu: దోసకాయలు, కుకుమిస్ సటైవస్, దోస
Thai: แตงกวา
Tongan: Kiukamipā
Turkish: Salatalık, Hıyar
tyv: Кыйыр
udm: Кияр, Огреч
Ukrainian: Огірок звичайний, Огірки, Огірок
Urdu: کھیرا, کھیرے
Uyghur: تەرخەمەك
Uzbek: Bodring
vep: Kurk
Vietnamese: Dưa chuột, Dưa leo
vls: Komkommer
war: Pipino
Welsh: Ciwcymbr, Cucumer
Wolof: Kokombar
wuu: 黄瓜
xmf: Კინტირი
Yiddish: אוגערקע, איגערקע, פיקל
Zulu: Ikhukhamba
zza: Xeyar

Synonyms

Cucumis esculentus Salisb.
Cucumis hardwickii Royle
Cucumis muricatus Willd.
Cucumis rumphii Hassk.
Cucumis sativus f. albus M.Hiroe
Cucumis sativus f. australis Kitam.
Cucumis sativus f. borealis Kitam.
Cucumis sativus f. brunnescens Gabaev
Cucumis sativus f. hardwickii (Royle) W.J.de Wilde & Duyfjes
Cucumis sativus f. pallescens Gabaev
Cucumis sativus f. tuberculatus Hiroë
Cucumis sativus f. viridis (Ser.) Gabaev
Cucumis sativus subsp. agrestis Gabaev
Cucumis sativus subsp. gracilior Gabaev
Cucumis sativus subsp. rigidus Gabaev
Cucumis sativus var. albus Ser.
Cucumis sativus var. anatolicus Gabaev
Cucumis sativus var. anglicus L.H.Bailey
Cucumis sativus var. arakis Forssk.
Cucumis sativus var. battich-djebbal Forssk.
Cucumis sativus var. brullos Forssk.
Cucumis sativus var. chatte Forssk.
Cucumis sativus var. chiar Forssk.
Cucumis sativus var. cilicicus Gabaev
Cucumis sativus var. ennemis Forssk.
Cucumis sativus var. europaeus Gabaev
Cucumis sativus var. fakus Forssk.
Cucumis sativus var. falcatus Gabaev
Cucumis sativus var. fastigiatus Ser.
Cucumis sativus var. flavus Ser.
Cucumis sativus var. grossularioides Tkatsch.
Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii (Royle) Gabaev
Cucumis sativus var. indoeuropeus Gabaev
Cucumis sativus var. iranoturanicus Gabaev
Cucumis sativus var. izmir Gabaev
Cucumis sativus var. pallidus Gabaev
Cucumis sativus var. sativus
Cucumis sativus var. schemmam Forssk.
Cucumis sativus var. squamosus Gabaev
Cucumis sativus var. testudaceus Gabaev

and 5 more.

Flowers

In flower: July to October (from 32 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb, Vine
Lifespan: Annual
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Dinesh Valke, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Bff, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Geetha Ramaswami, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Copyleft, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: plant gal, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Patricia Rose, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: RICARDO CAMPUZANO SIERRA, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Rey Colon, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.