Botany Index
(Latin) Cyclanthera pedata
(Family) Cucurbitaceae (Cucumber Family, Gourd Family)
In the European Folk or White Cultures including Anglo and Celt, it is also known/referred to as;
Achocha, Caihua, Caygua, Cayua, Korila, Slipper cowcumber, Slipper Earth Apple, Slipper gourd, Stuffing Cucumber, Wild Cucumber
Achocha, Caihua, Caygua, Cayua, Korila, Slipper cowcumber, Slipper Earth Apple, Slipper gourd, Stuffing Cucumber, Wild Cucumber
An annual vine, growing up to 4.5 meters in height,
Flowering from the Autumn tide of Lughnasadh through to the winter tide of Samhuinn.
Flowering from the Autumn tide of Lughnasadh through to the winter tide of Samhuinn.
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Note: I have included related etymology (Origin of Words) for preserving the Language and culture of Europe for Ethnic Europeans/English, at the end of this page.
- Varietys and Summary of Uses
- Growing
- Pest Control
- Companions and in landscape
- Harvesting
- Dietary
- Health and self care
- In my Magickal Wyrdcraft and Druidry practice
- In European Culture and Folklore
Note: I have included related etymology (Origin of Words) for preserving the Language and culture of Europe for Ethnic Europeans/English, at the end of this page.
Varietys and Summary of Uses
Growing
Companions and in Landscape
Pest Control
Harvesting
Dietary
The fruits are eaten after removing the seeds and stuffing them with other foods like rice, and then cooking them. Young shoots and leaves can also be eaten as greens. The fruits are a source of potassium, magnesium and phosphorus, flavor might be similar to cucumber or otherwise tasteless/netral.
The fruits are eaten after removing the seeds and stuffing them with other foods like rice, and then cooking them. Young shoots and leaves can also be eaten as greens. The fruits are a source of potassium, magnesium and phosphorus, flavor might be similar to cucumber or otherwise tasteless/netral.
Health and self care
In my Magickal Wyrdcraft and Druidry practice
In European Culture and Folklore
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History and or Etimology
cucumber (n.)
"common running garden plant," cultivated from earliest times in many Old World countries, also the long, fleshy fruit of the plant, late 14c., cucomer, from Old French cocombre (13c., Modern French concombre), from Latin cucumerem (nominative cucumis), perhaps from a pre-Italic Mediterranean language. The Latin word also is the source of Italian cocomero, Spanish cohombro, Portuguese cogombro. Replaced Old English eorþæppla (plural), literally "earth-apples."
Cowcumber was the common form of the word in 17c.-18c., in good literary use and representing the modern evolution of the Middle English form. Cucumber is an attempted reversion to Latin. In 1790s the pronunciation "cowcumber" was standard except in western England dialects and "coocumber" was considered pedantic, but 30 years later, with the spread of literacy and education "cowcumber" was limited to the ignorant and old-fashioned.
It was planted as a garden vegetable by 1609 by Jamestown colonists. Phrase cool as a cucumber (c. 1732) embodies ancient folk knowledge confirmed by science in 1970: inside of a field cucumber on a warm day is 20 degrees cooler than the air temperature.
gourd (n.)
c. 1300, from Anglo-French gourde, Old French coorde, ultimately from Latin cucurbita "gourd," which is of uncertain origin, perhaps from a non-IE language and related to cucumis "cucumber" (see cucumber). Dried and excavated, the shell was used as a scoop or dipper.
"common running garden plant," cultivated from earliest times in many Old World countries, also the long, fleshy fruit of the plant, late 14c., cucomer, from Old French cocombre (13c., Modern French concombre), from Latin cucumerem (nominative cucumis), perhaps from a pre-Italic Mediterranean language. The Latin word also is the source of Italian cocomero, Spanish cohombro, Portuguese cogombro. Replaced Old English eorþæppla (plural), literally "earth-apples."
Cowcumber was the common form of the word in 17c.-18c., in good literary use and representing the modern evolution of the Middle English form. Cucumber is an attempted reversion to Latin. In 1790s the pronunciation "cowcumber" was standard except in western England dialects and "coocumber" was considered pedantic, but 30 years later, with the spread of literacy and education "cowcumber" was limited to the ignorant and old-fashioned.
It was planted as a garden vegetable by 1609 by Jamestown colonists. Phrase cool as a cucumber (c. 1732) embodies ancient folk knowledge confirmed by science in 1970: inside of a field cucumber on a warm day is 20 degrees cooler than the air temperature.
gourd (n.)
c. 1300, from Anglo-French gourde, Old French coorde, ultimately from Latin cucurbita "gourd," which is of uncertain origin, perhaps from a non-IE language and related to cucumis "cucumber" (see cucumber). Dried and excavated, the shell was used as a scoop or dipper.
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