Ecballium elaterium

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.

The Wild Cucumber.

Classic texts: John Hill 1812.

Elaterium.

Classic texts: Scudder's Materia Medica, 1898: Cathartics.

Elaterium

Classic texts: USDisp 1918.

Elaterium.

Classic texts: Scudder 1870.

555. Elaterium.

Fig. 245. Ecballium elaterium. Classic texts: Sayre 1917.

Elaterinum

Classic texts: HistVD, 1911.

Elaterium.

Classic texts: Felter 1922.

Ecballium for sinusitis.

Archives: Best of the Herbal Forums: 06.1996.

Photo: Ecballium elaterium 5.

Photo: Ecballium elaterium 5. Flowers and leaf. Kew Garden, London, UK. Planted. 2005-09-12.

Photo: Ecballium elaterium 6.

Photo: Ecballium elaterium 6. Vine with green fruit and flower. Kew Garden, London, UK. Planted. 2005-09-12.

Photo: Ecballium elaterium 3.

Photo: Ecballium elaterium 3. Flowers and flowerbuds. Helsinki bot.g. (Kaisan.), Finland. Greenhouse. 2005-04-17.

Photo: Ecballium elaterium 4.

Photo: Ecballium elaterium 4. Leaf. Helsinki bot.g. (Kaisan.), Finland. Greenhouse. 2005-04-17.

Photo: Ecballium elaterium 1.

Photo: Ecballium elaterium 1. Flowering plants. Turku bot.g., Ruissalo, Finland. Planted. 2004-08-26.

Photo: Ecballium elaterium 2.

Photo: Ecballium elaterium 2. Flower and leaf. Turku bot.g., Ruissalo, Finland. Planted. 2004-08-26.

Photo: Ecballium elaterium.

Photo: Ecballium elaterium. Flowering plant. Toxic. Turku bot.g., Ruissalo, Finland. Planted. 2000-08-03.