Khira / Cucumber
Cucumis sativus f. hardwickii
- Habit
- Climber
- Flowering
- September-May
How to identify Khira
Identify Khira by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a climber habit.
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-May.
- Confirm it sits within the Cucurbitaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Khira.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Cucumis sativus f. hardwickii
- Genus
- Cucumis
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Habit
- Climber
- Habitat
- Semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- Paleotropics
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-May
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Cucurbitaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Khira itself; the rest are typical of the Cucurbitaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- खीरा Khira,खीरा khira
- Nepali
- गोल काँक्रो
- Bengali
- শশা, শসা
- Tamil
- Vellarikkay, வெள்ளரி, வெள்ளரிக்காய்
- Telugu
- Dosakaya, దోసకాయలు, కుకుమిస్ సటైవస్
- Kannada
- Soutekayi, ಸೌತೆಕಾಯಿ
- Malayalam
- Vellari, വെള്ളരി, Cucumber
- Marathi
- काकडी Kakdi, मावळी काकडी, काकडी
About Khira
Cucumber (Cucumis sativus f. hardwickii) belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family, where it grows as a climber. It grows in semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from September to May.
Cucurbitaceae
Cucumber/Gourd family
Khira belongs to the Cucurbitaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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