PLANTS Profile for Ecballium elaterium (squirting cucumber)

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PLANTS Profile

Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich.
squirting cucumber

Symbol:

ECEL

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cucurbitaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich.

R.A. Howard. ©Smithsonian Institution. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Richard A. Howard Photograph Collection. Switzerland, Geneva. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires notification of the copyright holder.

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Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich.

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Synonyms:
Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich.

MOEL

Momordica elaterium L.

Distribution:
Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich.


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USA (AL, NY, PA)

Related Taxa:
Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich.

View 34 genera in Cucurbitaceae, 1 species in Ecballium

Classification:
Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Violales
Family	Cucurbitaceae – Cucumber family
Genus	Ecballium A. Rich. – squirting cucumber
Species	Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich. – squirting cucumber

Introduced Information:
Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 502196.

Time Generated: 10/07/2008 11:16 AM MDT