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Taxon:  Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich.



Summary
Genus:
Ecballium
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Bryonieae
Nomen number:
14775
Place of publication:
J. B. G. M. Bory de Saint-Vincent, Dict. class. hist. nat. 6:19. 1824
Verified:
05/11/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Momordica elaterium L.

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Reference(s)
  1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  2. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988
  3. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Ecballium+elaterium&quantity=1
  4. Greuter, W. et al., eds. Med-Checklist. 1984-
  5. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  6. Kartesz, J. T. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 1994
  7. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
  8. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
  9. Meikle, R. D. Flora of Cyprus. 1977-1985
  10. Mouterde, P. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. 1966-
  11. Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson. Noxious weeds of Australia. 1992 Note: Inkata Press, Melbourne
  12. Rechinger, K. H., ed. Flora iranica. 1963-
  13. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  14. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  15. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. Flora palaestina. 1966-
Common names
English
squirting-cucumber –
French
momordique –
German
Spritzgurke –
Portuguese
pepino-selvagem –
Spanish
pepinillo del diablo –
Swedish
sprutgurka –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria n.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya n.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern Asia******  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran n.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeMoldova  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraine incl. Krym
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeFormer Yugoslavia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece incl. Crete
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, Sicily
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance incl. Corsica
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain incl. Baleares
2Cultivated    also cult.
4Naturalized    natzd. elsewhere
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Libya (n.), Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
  • WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Iran (n.), ******, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Moldova, Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Former Yugoslavia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Weed
(fide Noxweed Aust) –


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