Photo: Ecballium elaterium 3.

Photo: Ecballium elaterium 3.

Flowers and flowerbuds. Botanical garden Kaisaniemi, Helsinki, Finland. Greenhouse. 2005-04-17.


Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich.
Engl.: squirting cucumber, jumping cucumber, wild balsam-apple, wild cucumber.
Deu.: Spritzgurke.
Suom.: ruiskukurkku.
Sven.: springgurka, sprutgurka.
Bot. syn.: Momordica elaterium L.