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Fam.: Cucurbitaceae / Cucumber Fam.  

Genus:  Ecballium  A.RICH.
 

Authors:
   L.:  Carl von Linné (Linnaeus, 1707 - 1777), Swedish naturalist who introduced the binary naming system for plants and animals
   A.RICH.:  Achille Richard (1794 - 1852), French physician and botanist
 

Etymology:
   Ecballium:   ecballo = I throw out
   elaterium:   sloshy
 

Ecballium elaterium / Squirting Cucumber, F Pyrenees, Eus 14.8.2006
Fig. 1:  Ecballium elaterium / Squirting Cucumber
F Pyrenees, Eus 14.8.2006
Ecballium elaterium / Squirting Cucumber, F Pyrenees, Eus 14.8.2006
Fig. 2:  Ecballium elaterium / Squirting Cucumber
F Pyrenees, Eus 14.8.2006
Ecballium elaterium / Squirting Cucumber, F Pyrenees, Eus 14.8.2006
Fig. 3:  Ecballium elaterium / Squirting Cucumber
F Pyrenees, Eus 14.8.2006
Ecballium elaterium / Squirting Cucumber, F Mauguio 7.6.2006
Fig. 4:  Ecballium elaterium / Squirting Cucumber
F Mauguio 7.6.2006
Ecballium elaterium / Squirting Cucumber, Majorca S'Albufera 30.4.2011
Fig. 5:  Ecballium elaterium / Squirting Cucumber
Majorca, S'Albufera 30.4.2011
Ecballium elaterium / Squirting Cucumber, Croatia Senj 31.5.2006
Fig. 6:  Ecballium elaterium / Squirting Cucumber
Croatia, Senj 31.5.2006
Ecballium elaterium / Squirting Cucumber, Croatia Senj 31.5.2006
Fig. 7:  Ecballium elaterium / Squirting Cucumber
Croatia, Senj 31.5.2006
Ecballium elaterium / Squirting Cucumber, GR Euboea (Evia), Kanatadika 25.8.2017
Fig. 8:  Ecballium elaterium / Squirting Cucumber
GR Euboea (Evia), Kanatadika 25.8.2017

 


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