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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 09:16 in Carrer Port Empúries, 53, 17487 Empuriabrava, Girona, Spain.
  • Canon EOS 1000D
  • f/7.1
  • 1/197s
  • ISO400
  • 95mm