Cucumis sativus (cucumber)

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Cucumis sativus (cucumber)

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Datasheet Type(s)
Pest
Host Plant

Preferred Scientific Name
Cucumis sativus

Preferred Common Name
cucumber

Taxonomic Tree
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Dicotyledonae

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Cucumbers

C. sativus fruit.

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Identity

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Preferred Scientific Name

Cucumis sativus L.

Preferred Common Name

cucumber

International Common Names

English: gherkin
Spanish: cohombro; pepino
French: concombre; cornichon
Portuguese: pepininho

Local Common Names

Germany: Gurke
India: khira
Italy: cetriolo
Netherlands: augurk; komkommer
Sweden: gurka

EPPO code

CUMSA (Cucumis sativus)

Taxonomic Tree

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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Dicotyledonae
Order: Violales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Cucumis
Species: Cucumis sativus

Distribution Table

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The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Continent/Country/Region	Distribution	Origin	First Reported	Reference	Notes
Africa
Algeria	Present			Kheireddine et al. (2020)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 90,000 MT (F)
Cabo Verde	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 1,200 MT (F)
Cameroon	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 130,000 MT (F)
Côte d'Ivoire	Present			Koné et al. (2010)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 19,735 MT (F)
Djibouti	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 7 MT (F)
Egypt	Present			Abdel-Khalek (2005) Abdel-Salam et al. (2019) Ezzat et al. (2020)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 595,732 MT
Ethiopia	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 700 MT (F)
Ghana	Present			Badii et al. (2015)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 100 MT (F)
Kenya	Present			Mware et al. (2010)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 450 MT (F)
Madagascar	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 950 MT (F)
Mali	Present			Tsai et al. (2010)
Mauritius	Present			Lobin et al. (2015)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 8,683 MT
Morocco	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 88,715 MT
Niger	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 2,063 MT
South Africa	Present			Katumanyane et al. (2020)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 18,231 MT
Sudan	Present			Hamed et al. (2011)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 140,000 MT (F)
Tanzania	Present			Mwatawala et al. (2009)
Tunisia	Present			Hattab et al. (2005) Mnari-Hattab et al. (2015)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 37,000 MT (F)
Zimbabwe	Present			Karavina and Gubba (2017)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 450 MT (F)
Asia
Armenia	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 81,819 MT
Azerbaijan	Present			Muradov et al. (2019)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 185,565 MT
Bahrain	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 1,485 MT (F)
Bangladesh	Present			Dutta et al. (2012) Santosh Mazumdar and Bhuiya (2014)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 36,740 MT
Bhutan	Present	Introduced	1774	Seebens et al. (2017)
Brunei	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 1,960 MT (F)
China	Present			Vakalounakis et al. (2004) Chu Dong et al. (2006) Gu et al. (2011) Rao et al. (2011) Chu Dong et al. (2012) Cohen et al. (2013) Xiao et al. (2016) Zhang et al. (2017) Fu et al. (2019) Li et al. (2019) Ahmad et al. (2020) Gao XuLi et al. (2020) Mao et al. (2020) Zhu Feng et al. (2020)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 2,824,7373 MT (F)
-Anhui	Present			Cohen et al. (2013)
-Beijing	Present			Cohen et al. (2013) Vakalounakis et al. (2004) Chu Dong et al. (2006) Chu Dong et al. (2012)
-Gansu	Present			Vakalounakis et al. (2004)
-Guangdong	Present			Ahmad et al. (2020) Cohen et al. (2013)
-Guangxi	Present			Vakalounakis et al. (2004)
-Hainan	Present			Fu et al. (2019)
-Heilongjiang	Present			Vakalounakis et al. (2004)
-Hubei	Present			Cohen et al. (2013)
-Jiangsu	Present			Mao et al. (2020) Vakalounakis et al. (2004) Zhu Feng et al. (2020)
-Shandong	Present			Gao XuLi et al. (2020) Chu Dong et al. (2006) Chu Dong et al. (2012) Cohen et al. (2013)
-Sichuan	Present			Cohen et al. (2013)
-Yunnan	Present			Xiao et al. (2016) Li et al. (2019)
-Zhejiang	Present			Vakalounakis et al. (2004)
India	Present			Krishnareddy et al. (2003) Raj Verma et al. (2004) Reddy and Sreedharan (2006) Prabhakar et al. (2012) Vijay Singh and Usha Chauhan (2014) Lokeshwari et al. (2015) Shanmugam et al. (2016) Patil et al. (2017) Rashtra Vardhana (2017)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 120,000 MT (F)
-Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Present			Lokeshwari et al. (2015)
-Andhra Pradesh	Present			Lokeshwari et al. (2015) Reddy and Sreedharan (2006)
-Chhattisgarh	Present			Patil et al. (2017)
-Himachal Pradesh	Present			Vijay Singh and Usha Chauhan (2014) Prabhakar et al. (2012)
-Karnataka	Present			Lokeshwari et al. (2015)
-Kerala	Present			Lokeshwari et al. (2015)
-Maharashtra	Present			Lokeshwari et al. (2015) Raj Verma et al. (2004)
-Punjab	Present			Anwar and McKenry (2010)
-Tamil Nadu	Present			Lokeshwari et al. (2015)
-Uttar Pradesh	Present			Rashtra Vardhana (2017)
Indonesia	Present			Sartiami and Mound (2013) Maharani et al. (2018) Sudarjat et al. (2020)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 499,740 MT
-Java	Present			Sartiami and Mound (2013)
Iran	Present			Bananej et al. (2018) Bananej et al. (2006) Harighi (2007) Massumi et al. (2007) Bananej and Vahdat (2008) Mirzaei et al. (2008) Safara et al. (2011) Hajiabadi et al. (2012) Hatami et al. (2012) Hosseinzadeh et al. (2012) Koolivand et al. (2012) Mahdizadeh et al. (2012) Bananej et al. (2013) Hazini et al. (2013) Yazdani-Khameneh et al. (2013) Nematollahi et al. (2014) Abkhoo (2015) Bagherabadi et al. (2015) Hosseini et al. (2015) Mohammadi et al. (2016) Zibadoost et al. (2016) Vafaei and Mahmoodi (2017)
Iraq	Present			Ali et al. (2012)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 422,000 MT (F)
Israel	Present			Gera et al. (2000)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 110,718 MT
Japan	Present			Kajita (2000) Takada (2002) Shimizu et al. (2007)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 639,800 MT (F)
Jordan	Present			Karajeh et al. (2005) Al-Musa et al. (2008) Salem et al. (2020) Ghabeish et al. (2021)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 125,925 MT
Kazakhstan	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 268,010 MT
Kuwait	Present			Al-Ali et al. (2016)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 35,000 MT (F)
Kyrgyzstan	Present			Mazenov and Serçe (2018)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 60,000 MT (*)
Lebanon	Present			Abou-Jawdah et al. (2000) Abrahamian et al. (2012) Samsatly et al. (2012) Sobh et al. (2012) Abrahamian et al. (2013)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 142,600 MT (F)
Malaysia	Present			Nazerian et al. (2011)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 57,550 MT
Mongolia	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 2,845 MT
Nepal	Present			Keshari and Ranjana Gupta (2016) Shrestha et al. (2014)
Oman	Present			Al-Sa'di et al. (2008) Al-Sadi et al. (2010) Al-Sadi et al. (2011) Shahid et al. (2018)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 2,354 MT (F)
Pakistan	Present			Shahid et al. (2007) Abbas et al. (2010) Anwar and McKenry (2010) Muhammad Ismail et al. (2012) Bilal Ahmed et al. (2017) Hameed et al. (2017) Samina and Erum (2019)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 7,501 MT
Palestine	Present			Ali-Shtayeh et al. (2010)
Philippines	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 11,432 MT
Qatar	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 740 MT (F)
Saudi Arabia	Present			Al-Saleh et al. (2015) Al-Saleh et al. (2015a)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 259,977 MT (F)
Singapore	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 0 MT (F)
South Korea	Present			Choi GugSeoun (2001) Back et al. (2016) Kim NamYeon et al. (2018)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 383,921 MT
Sri Lanka	Present			Maheshini et al. (2019)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 31,060 MT
Syria	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 146,528 MT (F)
Taiwan	Present			Chao ChiaHung et al. (2010)
Tajikistan	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 23,000 MT (*)
Thailand	Present			Sappanukhro et al. (2010)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 222,000 MT (F)
Turkey	Present			Bostan et al. (2002) Karaca and Kahveci (2010) Aydınlı et al. (2013) Orfanidou et al. (2017) Usta et al. (2017) Keçe et al. (2019) Alaserhat et al. (2021)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 1,678,770 MT
Turkmenistan	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 26,000 MT (*)
United Arab Emirates	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 17,200 MT (F)
Uzbekistan	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 318,000 MT (*)
Vietnam	Present			Götz and Winter (2016)
Yemen	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 13,100 MT (F)
-Socotra	Present	Introduced	2003	Seebens et al. (2017)
Europe
Albania	Present			Cara et al. (2018)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 52,720 MT
Austria	Present			Seebens et al. (2017)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 36,741 MT
Belarus	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 304,982 MT
Belgium	Present			Seebens et al. (2017)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 25,000 MT (F)
Bulgaria	Present			Kostova et al. (2001) Kostova et al. (2003) Orfanidou et al. (2019)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 62,618 MT
Croatia	Present			Šimala et al. (2019)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 17,700 MT (*)
Cyprus	Present			Papayiannis et al. (2005) Papayiannis et al. (2009)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 16,119 MT
Czechia	Present			Svoboda and Polák (2002) Lebeda and Sedláková (2006) Lebeda et al. (2012)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 29,088 MT
Denmark	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 19,000 MT (F)
Estonia	Present			Seebens et al. (2017)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 5,300 MT (*)
Finland	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 39,958 MT
France	Present			Desbiez et al. (2003) Quénéhervé et al. (2011)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 116,626 MT
Germany	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 236,625 MT
Greece	Present			Ligoxigakis (2000) Boubourakas et al. (2006) Katis et al. (2011) Orfanidou et al. (2014) Valachas et al. (2021)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 124,300 MT
-Crete	Present			Orfanidou et al. (2014) Ligoxigakis (2000) Boubourakas et al. (2006)
Hungary	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 55,400 MT
Iceland	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 1,343 MT
Ireland	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 1,550 MT (F)
Italy	Present			Garibaldi et al. (2016) Mazza et al. (2018)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 71,525 MT
Latvia	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 801 MT
Lithuania	Present			Ostrauskas (2003) Malumphy and Ostrauskas (2013) Valiunas et al. (2017)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 2,500 MT (F)
Malta	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 800 MT (F)
Moldova	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 22,813 MT
Montenegro	Present			Pajovic et al. (2007)
Netherlands	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 428,000 MT
Norway	Present			Herrero et al. (2008) Seebens et al. (2017)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 13,892 MT
Poland	Present			Pospieszny et al. (2003) Borodynko-Filas et al. (2017)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 501,571 MT
Portugal	Present			Louro et al. (2004)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 9,000 MT (F)
Romania	Present			Marcu and Grozea (2017)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 173,643 MT
Russia	Present			Ignatov et al. (2016)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 100,0000 MT (*)
Serbia	Present			Jović et al. (2012) Marić et al. (2018)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 61,898 MT
Slovakia	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 27,355 MT
Slovenia	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 2,581 MT
Spain	Present			Cuadrado et al. (2001) Moreno et al. (2001) Herrero et al. (2002) Aramburu et al. (2006) Juárez et al. (2014)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 530,000 MT (F)
Sweden	Present			Seebens et al. (2017)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 20,500 MT
Switzerland	Present			Kiewnick et al. (2008)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 8,434 MT (F)
Ukraine	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 751,500 MT
United Kingdom	Present			Seebens et al. (2017)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 48,925 MT
North America
Antigua and Barbuda	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 225 MT (F)
Barbados	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 1,500 MT (F)
Belize	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 156 MT
Canada	Present			Stobbs et al. (2009) Ling et al. (2014)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 212,371 MT
-Alberta	Present			Ling et al. (2014)
-Ontario	Present			Stobbs et al. (2009)
Costa Rica	Present			Hord et al. (2001)
Cuba	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 139,290 MT
Dominica	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 1,770 MT (F)
Dominican Republic	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 5,666 MT
El Salvador	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 14,813 MT
Grenada	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 120 MT (F)
Guadeloupe	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 3,000 MT (F)
Guatemala	Present			Smith et al. (2000)
Honduras	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 75,000 MT (F)
Jamaica	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 11,217 MT
Martinique	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 4,000 MT (F)
Mexico	Present			Fernández-Pavía et al. (2006) Ciuffo et al. (2009) Beltrán-Peña et al. (2018)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 475,376 MT
Montserrat	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 80 MT (F)
Panama	Present			Barba Alvarado et al. (2020)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 2,693 MT
Puerto Rico	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 550 MT (F)
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 100 MT
Trinidad and Tobago	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 2,050 MT (F)
United States	Present			McKenzie et al. (2004) Tian et al. (2014) Fukada et al. (2018) Gadhave et al. (2018) Pitman et al. (2019) Egel et al. (2020)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 963,000 MT
-California	Present			Tian et al. (2014) Pitman et al. (2019)
-Florida	Present			McKenzie et al. (2004)
-Georgia	Present			Gadhave et al. (2018)
-Washington	Present			Fukada et al. (2018)
Oceania
American Samoa	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 450 MT (F)
Australia	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 41,931 MT (F)
Federated States of Micronesia	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 400 MT (A)
Fiji	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 1,200 MT (F)
French Polynesia	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 850 MT (F)
Guam	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 400 MT (F)
New Zealand	Present			Clover et al. (2002)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 0 MT (F)
Solomon Islands	Present			Davis and Tsatsia (2009)
South America
Bolivia	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 2,087 MT (F)
Brazil	Present			Bello et al. (2020) Pio-Ribeiro et al. (2000) Yuki et al. (2000) Spadotti et al. (2014)
-Sao Paulo	Present			Bello et al. (2020) Yuki et al. (2000) Spadotti et al. (2014)
Chile	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 30,000 MT (F)
Colombia	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 6,500 MT (F)
Ecuador	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 3,200 MT (F)
French Guiana	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 3,700 MT (F)
Guyana	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 5,300 MT (F)
Peru	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 26,144 MT (F)
Suriname	Present			CABI (Undated)	Cucumbers and gherkins production (2008) 627 MT

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Cucumis sativus (cucumber)

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