Scientific name: Cucumis sativus
English name: Cucumber
Local name: Khira
Arabic name: Qissa, Khiarun
Family Name: Cucurbitaceae
Habit and Habitat: Annual trailer or climber, cultivated herb.
Parts used: Fruit
Medicinal uses:
Cooling, diuretic, tonic and vermifuge, purgative, increase weight.
References from Holy Qur’an
*Sûrah 2. Al-Baqarah, Verse. # 61: And (remember) when you said, “O Mûsâ (Moses)! We can not endure one kind of food. So invoke your Lord for us to bring forth for us of what the earth grows, its herbs, its cucumbers, its Fûm (wheat or garlic), its lentils and its onions.” .
References from Ahadith
*Narrated Abdullah bin Ja’far (Radiyallahu Anhu ): I saw Allah’s Apostle (Sallallaho Alayhi Wasallam) eating fresh dates with cucumber [Bukhari, Muslim, Tirmizi, Ibne Maja].
* Abdullah bin Ja’far (Radiyallahu Anhu ) reported: I saw Allah’s Messenger (Sallallaho Alayhi Wasallam) eating cucumber with fresh dates.
*Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu’minin (Radiyallahu Anha): My mother intended to make me fat to send me to the (house of) the Apostle of Allah (Sallallaho Alayhi Wasallam). But nothing which she desired benefited me till she gave me cucumber with fresh dates to eat. Then I became very fat.
Distribution in world:
Cultivated throughout the tropical and subtropical countries of the world.
Flowering Period:
Almost through out the year
Chemical constituents:
Fruit contains enzyme erepsin, proteolytic enzymes, ascorbic acid, oxidase, succinic and malic dehydrogenases. Odorous constituents also present. Iron, Vit. B1 also present. Seeds contain fatty oil with 40% linoleic acid and 38% oleic acid.
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