Cucumbers really - fruit and vegetables are not

Cucumbers belong to the family Cucurbitaceae, but in fact they, like tomatoes - fruits, not vegetables. In fact, a cucumber - a creeping vine, grow roots into the ground and clinging to the grating, or other load-bearing structures, wrapping her legs around a thin spiral curls.

The plant has large leaves that form a natural canopy over the fruit. Cucumber Fruits - cylindrical, elongated, with a conical end, and may reach 60 cm in length and nine centimeters in diameter. Typically, cucumbers more than 90% of water.

Cucumbers from India, but is now grown on most continents. They are specially cultivated for at least 3000 years already, and probably the first in Europe they began to eat the Greeks and Romans. Records indicate the appearance of cucumber in the 9th century, in France, in the 14th century in England and in the 16th century in North America. Today there are many different varieties that are traded worldwide.

via factroom.ru