
"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
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Uploaded Jan 28, 2024. Captured Sep 17, 2023 15:15 in VWFQ+35 Molinell, Spain.