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    Ecballium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae containing a single species, Ecballium elaterium, also called the squirting cucumber...
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    also from Ecballium elaterium Citrullus colocynthis, Cucurbita andreana, deters feeding by flea beetle: 55  Hexanorcucurbitacin I from Ecballium elaterium: 56 ...
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    Bryonieae Dumort. Austrobryonia H.Schaef. (4 spp.) Bryonia L. (10 spp.) Ecballium A.Rich. (1 sp.) Tribe Schizopeponeae C.Jeffrey Herpetospermum Wall. ex...
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    elaterium. However, some scholars believe that he was instead referring to Ecballium elaterium, known in pre-Linnean times as Cucumis silvestris or Cucumis...
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    naked eye: Telegraph plant (Codariocalyx motorius) Squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium) Cardamine hirsuta and other Cardamine spp. have seed pods which...
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    Cyclanthera brachystachya, the exploding cucumber (but not to be confused with Ecballium elaterium), in the cucurbit or gourd family (Cucurbitaceae), is a herbaceous...
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  • parviflora, Oxalia acetosella and Ecballium elaterium, turgor pressure is the method by which seeds are dispersed. In Ecballium elaterium, or squirting cucumber...
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    However, some scholars[who?] believe that he was instead referring to Ecballium elaterium, known in pre-Linnean times as Cucumis silvestris or Cucumis...
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    (plants upright, flowers lurid yellow with purple veins and speckles), and Ecballium elaterium (in its early vegetative stages, which has coarse hairs and...
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    triggered by being touched, leading it to be called the "touch-me-not". Ecballium elaterium, the "squirting cucumber", uses explosive dehiscence to disperse...
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    Boiss. & Noë nom. inval. Cucurbita aspera Sol. ex G.Forst. nom. inval. Ecballium lambertianum M.Roem. Melo adana (Pangalo) Pangalo Melo adzhur Pangalo...
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    their seeds autochorously include: Arceuthobium spp., Cardamine hirsuta, Ecballium elaterium, Euphorbia heterophylla, Geranium spp., Impatiens spp., Sucrea...
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  • years old and represented a sister clade to the older genera Bryonia and Ecballium, found in Eurasia and the Mediterranean regions, both estimated to be...
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    2740050904. Lavie, David; Willner, David (1958). "The Constituents of Ecballium elaterium L. III. Elatericin a and B1,2". Journal of the American Chemical...
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  • (Gelsemium sempervirens), camotillo (Dioscorea composita), and cohombrillo (Ecballium elaterium). The second edition also contained chicalote (supposedly obtained...
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    other insects, but are phytophagus, mainly feeding on Squirting Cucumber (Ecballium elaterium), White Bryony (Bryonia dioica) and other Cucurbitaceae. They...
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    dangerously irritant/cathartic plants in the plant family Cucurbitaceae such as Ecballium elaterium and Citrullus colocynthis. One chemical constituent of Desfontainia...
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  • Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Ebracteola Ecballium Eccremocarpus Echeveria Echidnopsis Echinacea (coneflower) Echinocactus...
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  • Machine. MaltaWildPlants.com. Retrieved 2022-01-04. Mifsud, Stephen. "Ecballium elaterium". MaltaWildPlants.com. Retrieved 2022-01-04. Mifsud, Stephen...
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    on red bryony (Bryonia dioica) and probably also squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium). More unusually, they have been recorded eating rotting wood...
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    A. (2005). "Immunomodulatory activity of cucurbitacin E isolated from Ecballium elaterium". Fitoterapia. 76 (5): 439–441. doi:10.1016/j.fitote.2005.02...
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    Meliaceae Sapindales St Ebenus Greek and Latin name Fabaceae Fabales St G Ecballium ejection (the ripe seeds are forcefully ejected) Cucurbitaceae Cucurbitales...
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    subsp. libanotica Dryopteris pallida subsp. pallida Dysphania botrys Ecballium elaterium Echinaria capitata Echinochloa colona Echinochloa crus-galli...
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  • English name Scientific name Status White bryony Bryonia dioica Squirting cucumber Ecballium elaterium *...
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  • remedy to cancer, including spurge, which is similar to a castor bean, and Ecballium elaterium, also known as the squirting cucumber. Finding textual evidence...
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  • were conducted using herbs or other drugs. According to Pliny the Elder, Ecballium elaterium was the most effective abortifacient. The plant was also recorded...
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  • solutions of organic substances. He was interested in laxatives (such as Ecballium elaterium) and worked a lot on salts, such as on the cathartic salt of...
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  • Binomial name Family Hebrew name English name Arabic name Notes Image 870 Ecballium elaterium Cucurbitaceae ירוקת-חמור מצויה squirting cucumber 871 Echinaria...
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