Ecballium elaterium
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| iSquirting Cucumber | ||||||||||||||
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 A fruit of the squirting cucumber
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| Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich. |
Ecballium elaterium, also called the squirting cucumber, is a plant in the cucumber family. It gets its unusual name from the fact that, when ripe, it squirts a stream of mucilaginous liquid containing its seeds.
[edit] External links
- Information on Ecballium elaterium
- Comprehensive profile for Ecballium elaterium from the website MaltaWildPlants.com
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