Cucumis sativus                                                           

Cucumis (KOO-koo-mis) meaning cucumber and sativus (sa-TEE-vus) meaning cultivated is better known as the garden cucumber, the pickling cucumber, or just ‘cukes’ not the sea cucumber.  If you want to learn more about the history of the cucumber, how to pickle cucumbers, a little about its life cycle, interactions it has with its surroundings, or how it fits into the large scheme of things, use the links on the side to navigate your way around the web site.