Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich.
CUCURBITACEAE
- Cucumber family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich.
Nomencl. ref.: Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. 6 (1824)
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Squirting cucumber
English name: squirting-cucumber
Spanish name: pepinillo del diablo
French name: momordique
Italian name: Cocomero asinino
German name: Spritzgurke
Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
= Momordica elaterium L.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Dilleniidae
Order: Violales
Family: Cucurbitaceae
Genus: Ecballium
Species:
Page counter: 977 ( AVG: 221.24 / 219.911 )
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Ecballium elaterium
Ecballium elaterium
Ecballium elaterium
Credit: Photo by L.R.
Ecballium elaterium
Credit: Photo by L.R.
Ecballium elaterium
Credit: Photo by L.R.
Ecballium elaterium
Ecballium elaterium
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Monaco di Baviera, Orto Botanico di Monaco-Nymphenburg. , Monaco, Baviera, Germania, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Ecballium elaterium
Credit: Photo by Patrizia Ferrari
Ecballium elaterium
Credit: Photo by Renzo Salvo
Ecballium elaterium
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Ecballium elaterium
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Ponza, strada Panoramica., LT, Lazio, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Ecballium elaterium
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna
Ecballium elaterium
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Isola di Marettimo, non lontano dall'abitato, lungo il sentiero per Punta Bassana. , TP, Sicilia, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Ecballium elaterium
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna
Ecballium elaterium
Ecballium elaterium
Credit: Photo by Alfonso La Rosa
Ecballium elaterium
Ecballium elaterium
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Monaco di Baviera, Orto Botanico di Monaco-Nymphenburg. , Monaco, Baviera, Germania, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Ecballium elaterium
Ecballium elaterium
Ecballium elaterium
Ecballium elaterium
Ecballium elaterium
Credit: Photo by L.R.
Ecballium elaterium
Credit: Photo by L.R.
Ecballium elaterium
Credit: Photo by L.R.
Ecballium elaterium
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Ponza, prime pendici dietro l'abitato., LT, Lazio, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Ecballium elaterium
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Perugia, Orto Botanico. , PG, Umbria, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Ecballium elaterium
Credit: Photo by Patrizia Ferrari
Ecballium elaterium
Ecballium elaterium
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Isole Tremiti, Isola di San Nicola, strada per l'ex monastero., FG, Puglia, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, NY, PA)
Map for Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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