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Cucumis sativus is believed to have originated in Asia as wild cucumbers exist in India and a closely related species is found in eastern Himalayan (Sebastian et al. 2010). Evidence indicates that it has been cultivated in western Asia for more than 3,000 years. From India it spread to Greece and Italy, where the Romans were especially fond of the crop, and later into China. Cucumber is now cultivated commercially in farms, green houses and in home gardens throughout the world especially in the tropics and sub-tropics.

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Lim, T.K. (2012). Cucumis sativus. In: Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1764-0_38

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