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Ecballium elaterium

species of plant
Taxon taxon Q157877

Facts

11 properties
Instance of
taxon
Short name
E. elaterium[10]
Described by source
Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Flora Reipublicae Popularis Sinicae, volume 73(1), Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[5][6][7][8]
Has basionym
Momordica elaterium[4]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Invasion Biology
Parent taxon
Ecballium[2]
Taxon common name
Squirting Cucumber, cucumer chwystrellol, Echte Springgurke, Eselsgurke, Spritzgurke, Πικραγγουριά, Exploding Cucumber, Alficoz, Calabacilla Amarga, Cohombrillo Amargo, Elaterio, Pepinillo del Diablo, Pepino Amargo, Pepino de Lagarto, Concombre d'Âne, Concombre du Diable, Concombre Explosif, Concombre Sauvage, Cornichon d'Âne, Cornichon Sauteur, Ecbalie, Momordique Sauvage, Cocomero Asinino, Elaterio, Momordica Selvatica, Schizzetto, Ezelskomkommer, Springkomkommer, Spuitkomkommer, Ośli Ogórek, Tryskacz, Tryskawiec Sprężysty, Sprutgurka, Eşek Hıyarı, tykvice stříkavá, ruiskukurkku, 喷瓜, 喷瓜, squirting cucumber, navadni štrkavec[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24]
Taxon name
Ecballium elaterium[3]
Taxon range
People's Republic of China
Taxon rank
species[1]
This taxon is source of
elaterium[9]
🏷️ Also known as
en Squirting cucumber en Ecballium elaterium ar قثاء الحمار cs tykvice stříkavá de Eselsgurke de Echte Springgurke de Spritzgurken de Spritzgurke de Ecballium elaterium el Πικραγγουριά es Calabacilla Amarga es Pepino del diablo es Pepinos de lagarto es Cogombro silvestre es Pepino borde es Cogombro amerch es Alficoz es Pepinillo del diablo es Momordica elaterium es Meloncillos locos
🔖 Identifiers · 85
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ecballium elaterium1.jpg ↗
AGROVOC ID
c_1195982f
APNI ID
96741
ARKive ID (archived)
ecballium-elaterium, squirting-cucumber/ecballium-elaterium
African Plant Database ID
142569
Alabama Plant Atlas ID
5588
BNCF Thesaurus ID
81283
BioLib taxon ID
38891
Biota of New Zealand ID
49589600-06bb-4cb1-a997-254459ff89a6
CalPhotos taxon ID
Ecballium+elaterium
Catalogue of Life ID
38DKH
Czech NDOP taxon ID
36657
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Dyntaxa ID
220775
EASIN ID
R05362
EFloraSA ID
Ecballium_elaterium
EPPO Code
ECAEL
EUNIS ID for species
168464
Ecocrop ID
5591
Encyclopedia of Life ID
487852
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
plant/squirting-cucumber
Finnish Biodiversity Information Facility's Species List ID
MX.4973241
Flora Croatica Database taxon ID
3748
Flora of Australia ID (new)
Ecballium elaterium
Flora of China ID
200022624
Flora of Israel Online plant ID
ECBELA
Flora of North America taxon ID
200022624
Flora of the Southeastern United States ID
6841
FloraBase ID
7374
FloraCatalana ID
VTax2934
FloraVeg.EU taxon ID
Ecballium elaterium
FloraWeb ID
2048
Freebase ID
/m/0dqmrx
GBIF taxon ID
2874680
GRIN URL
npgsweb.ars-grin.gov
Gardens Navigator ID
3985
Great Encyclopedia of Navarre ID
16564
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
springagurk
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
1865157
INaturalist taxon ID
162161
IPNI plant ID
292573-1
IRMNG ID
10590645
ITIS TSN
502196
Info Flora ID
ecballium-elaterium
Interlingual Index ID
i101076
Invasive Species Compendium Datasheet ID
113983
Istrapedia ID
1875
Lex ID
æselagurk
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
2776650570
NBN System Key
NHMSYS0000458250
NCBI taxonomy ID
3679
NZPCN ID
ecballium-elaterium
Naturbasen species ID
30231/aeselagurk
NatureServe Explorer ID
2.140072
Nederlands Soortenregister ID
181037
New York Flora Atlas ID
913
New Zealand Organisms Register ID
26476403-0889-4083-9bb5-579bc617c62a
Observation.org taxon ID
80251
Open Tree of Life ID
238160
PalDat plant ID
Ecballium_elaterium
Palynodata taxa ID
87470
PfaF ID
Ecballium elaterium
Pladias ID
2422
Plant Finder ID (Missouri Botanical Garden)
279546
Plant List ID (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)
kew-2780660
Plantarium ID
13819
Plants of the World Online ID
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:292573-1
Portal to the Flora of Italy ID
3306
Queensland Biota ID
10527
Royal Horticultural Society plant ID
25370
SA Flora ID
Ecballium_elaterium
SERNEC taxon ID
50518
TAXREF ID
95662
Tela Botanica ID
75101
Topic's main category
Category:Ecballium elaterium
Tropicos ID
9200004
UBio ID
5416962
UMLS CUI
C0996755
UNII
5BPF8C5CJ4
USDA PLANTS ID
ECEL
Verspreidingsatlas.nl ID
9415
VicFlora ID
6ef08780-afa7-450d-88a7-e4e714243232
Wildflowers of Israel ID
234
World Flora Online ID
wfo-0000659225
Yale LUX ID
concept/c5c28c2a-68d3-457f-8a97-67d5b5020eec
ZOBODAT taxon ID
55883

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Described by source 1
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Ecballium
Taxon range 1
People's Republic of China
Taxon rank 1
species
← Has host 1
Phtheochroa rugosana
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  1. 11d ago · Caterina Sansone · 2026-10-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    BNCF Thesaurus ID → 81283
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'az', 'azb', 'be', 'ca', 'ceb', 'commons', 'cs', 'cy'
    Wikipedia title → Ecballium elaterium
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 7w ago · Dactylantha · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    NZPCN ID → ecballium-elaterium
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  3. 10w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has basionym → Momordica elaterium
    Taxon rank → species
    Topic's main category → Category:Ecballium elaterium
    Parent taxon → Ecballium
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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