The
Armenian cucumber,
Cucumis melo var. flexuosus, is a type of long, slender fruit which tastes like a
cucumber and looks somewhat like a cucumber inside. It is actually a variety of
muskmelon (
C. melo), a species closely related to the cucumber (
C. sativus). It is also known as the
yard-long cucumber,
snake cucumber,
snake melon, and
uri in Japan. It should not be confused with the
snake gourds (
Trichosanthes spp.). The skin is very thin, light green, and bumpless. It has no bitterness and the fruit is almost always used without peeling.