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Squirting cucumber - Ecballium ellaterium River Tormes, Salamanca (Spain).  Ecballium elaterium,Geotagged,Spain,Squirting cucumber,Summer Click/tap to enlarge

Squirting cucumber - Ecballium ellaterium

River Tormes, Salamanca (Spain).

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"Ecballium" is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae containing a single species, "Ecballium elaterium", also called the squirting cucumber or exploding cucumber. Its unusual common name derives from the ripe fruit squirting a stream of mucilaginous liquid containing its seeds as a means of seed dispersal, an example of rapid plant movement.

Similar species: Begonias, Gourds
Species identified by Patomarazul
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Uploaded Jun 25, 2022. Captured Jul 14, 2012 11:23 in Parque Huerta Otea, C. Manuel Ramos Andrade, 8, 37007 Salamanca, Spain.
  • SP550UZ
  • f/4.3
  • 10/5000s
  • ISO64
  • 78.1mm