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Squirting cucumber - Ecballium_elaterium Marjal Pego, Oliva, Alicante, Spain. Ecballium elaterium,Geotagged,Spain,Squirting cucumber,Summer Click/tap to enlarge

Squirting cucumber - Ecballium_elaterium

Marjal Pego, Oliva, Alicante, 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 Jan 28, 2024. Captured Sep 17, 2023 15:15 in VWFQ+35 Molinell, Spain.
  • SP-820UZ
  • f/4.5
  • 10/2000s
  • ISO80
  • 5.7mm