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Squirting cucumber The squirting cucumber has been used as a medicinal plant for over 2,000 years, though it has a very violent effect upon the body and has little use in modern herbalism Ecballium elaterium,Geotagged,Squirting cucumber,botany,classic,close-up,color,colorful,contour,contrast,cucumber,curve,decoration,decorative,detail,elegance,exploding,flora,floral,flower Click/tap to enlarge

Squirting cucumber

The squirting cucumber has been used as a medicinal plant for over 2,000 years, though it has a very violent effect upon the body and has little use in modern herbalism

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  1. love what you added in the details, very funny.
    interesting plant!

    Posted 2 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 Julian Popov
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Uploaded Apr 25, 2018.