Cucumber - Fruit

The dark green fruit of the cucumber is elongated and cylindrical with rounded ends and slightly bumpy skin. There are both straight and curved cultivars. Some grow over a foot long and some are very short such as pickling cucumbers.

Cucumber fruits develop in the leaf axils (where the leaves join the stem).

Cucumber - Fruit

The dark green fruit of the cucumber is elongated and cylindrical with rounded ends and slightly bumpy skin. There are both straight and curved cultivars. Some grow over a foot long and some are very short such as pickling cucumbers.

Cucumber fruits develop in the leaf axils (where the leaves join the stem).

© 2000 Rosie Lerner, Purdue University