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Ecballium elaterium

Botanic Family

Cucurbitaceae

Author

(Linnaeus) A. Richard

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Albania
• Algeria
• Cyprus
• France
• Greece
• Iran
• Italy
• Lebanon
• Libya
• Morocco
• Palestine
• Portugal
• Russia
• Spain
• Syria
• Tunisia
• Turkey
• Ukraine
• Yugoslavia

Natural Habitats

Flowering Times

• Jun
• Jul

Fruiting Times

• Jun

Scrambling hispid glaucescent perennial vine with yellow flowers & hairy hispid scabrous green fruit. When ripe fruit squirts sticky liquid containing seeds, toothed leaves

Further References

• Mobot
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus