Squirting Cucumber
Ecballium elaterium
Ecballium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae containing a single species, Ecballium elaterium, also called the squirting 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.
- Scientific name
- Ecballium elaterium
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae