| Cucurbitin and fatty oil, contained in cucumber seeds, | | | | America by the mid-16th century. |
| may have mild diuretic properties when ingested and a | | | | Overview. Cucumbers used for fresh market, |
| soothing effect when used topically. Cucumber flower | | | | greenhouse, and processing are of the same species, |
| may be a mild diuretic. Cucumber is high in potassium. | | | | therefore have the same plant characteristics. The |
| It's available as emollient ointments and lotions. The | | | | cucumber is a warm season annual vining plant that |
| cucumber has been cultivated for at least 3,000 years | | | | produces stiff hairs on the leaves and stems. They |
| in Western Asia, and was probably introduced to other | | | | can be rather itchy and irritating to human skin when |
| parts of Europe by the Romans. Records of | | | | touched. This plant is herbaceous so it is easily |
| cucumber cultivation appear in France in the 9th | | | | susceptible to moisture stress. |
| century, England in the 14th century, and in North | | | | |