cross section cut round
A cucumber (hollow fruit) with a face appeared.
Cross section cut vertically
This is an illustration of a cucumber sliced into rounds and an illustration of a vertical cross-section. When cucumbers experience water shortages mainly due to high temperatures or dryness, they can develop cavities inside the fruit, resulting in hollow fruit. When you slice such a hollow cucumber into rounds, it can look just like a face. This is an illustration of a face-like cucumber cross-section.
Botanical information
Informations of the plants imaged for these illustrations is bellow.
Botanical name
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Cucumis sativus
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Cucumber
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Plantae Category
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Cucurbitaceae
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Cucumis
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Cucumis sativus
Origin
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Northern India, the Himalayan Foot-Hills
