squirting cucumber
exploding cucumber
ecballium elaterium latin

Another fruit called the squirting cucumber uses mechanical dispersal, too.

Squirting cucumber (Ecballium agreste)

Ecballium elaterium, also called the squirting cucumber or exploding cucumber, is a plant in the cucumber family.

Some, such as those of the sycamore, take the form of 'helicopters', while others, such as the squirting cucumber release their seeds by 'exploding'.

It is extracted from the juice of the fruit of Ecballium Elaterium, the squirting cucumber, which is native to the Mediterranean region.

Some fruits fling seeds substantial distances (up to 100 m in sandbox tree) via explosive dehiscence or other mechanisms, e.g. impatiens and squirting cucumber.

The caterpillars feed on Red Bryony (Bryonia dioica) and probably also Squirting Cucumber (Ecballium elaterium).

She picked her way amongst the squirting cucumber for fully ten minutes before she became certain that she had missed the spot from which pursued and pursuer had vanished - and by that time she was lost in a sea of grass-crested knolls.

In De Materia Medica Libri Quinque, the Greek pharmacologist Dioscorides listed the ingredients of a draught called "abortion wine"- hellebore, squirting cucumber, and scammony- but failed to provide the precise manner in which it was to be prepared.

Ecballium elaterium, also called the squirting cucumber or exploding cucumber, is a plant in the cucumber family.

It is extracted from the juice of the fruit of Ecballium Elaterium, the squirting cucumber, which is native to the Mediterranean region.

The caterpillars feed on Red Bryony (Bryonia dioica) and probably also Squirting Cucumber (Ecballium elaterium).