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Ecballium elaterium speading the seeds with a kind of explosion Ecballium elaterium,Geotagged,Spain,Squirting Cucumber Click/tap to enlarge

Ecballium elaterium

speading the seeds with a kind of explosion

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  1. Thanks for introducing this interesting specie to JungleDragon, Karin! Posted 13 years ago
  2. happy, if i can participate a bit with my cheap opportunities. thank you for your compliment fchristant. Posted 13 years ago

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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 karin65207
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By karin65207

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Uploaded May 17, 2012. Captured Jun 8, 2011 09:18 in Avinguda de Fages de Climent, 17487 Castelló d'Empúries, Spain.
  • Canon EOS 1000D
  • f/4.0
  • 1/332s
  • ISO200
  • 50mm