Ecballium elaterium subsp. dioicum
Squirting Cucumber
Ecballium elaterium
(L.) A.Rich. Species
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- Botanical name
- Ecballium elaterium
- Also known as
- Squirting Cucumber, Squirting-Cucumber
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Ecballium
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Squirting Cucumber
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Ecballium elaterium but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Bryonia elaterium
Cucumis agrestis
Ecballium agreste
Ecballium officinale
Ecballium officinarum
Ecballium purgans
Elaterium cordifolium
Momordica aspera
Momordica ecirrhata
Momordica elastica
Momordica elaterium
Momordica officinarum-elaterium
Others in Ecballium
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