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Ecballium

Ecballium is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae containing a single species, Ecballium elaterium, also called the squirting cucumber. Its unusual common name derives from the ripe fruit squirting a stream of mucilaginous liquid containing its seeds as a means of seed dispersal, an example of rapid plant movement.

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Seed dispersal

History in folk medicine

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Ecballium

Nodes49
Edges48
Triples8
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.040816
Components1

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Ecballium

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related to Seed dispersal · 5
Ecballium → At, Because, Pressure, The, This
is a · 1
Ecballium → genus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae containing a single species
related to Description · 1
Ecballium → The
related to External links · 1
Ecballium → Comprehensive

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elaterium fruit seeds plant movement squirting also seed dispersal species cells containing genus cucumber family tissue method called rich koch

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Ecballiumis agenus of flowering plants in the family Cucurbitaceae containing a single species0.90text
Ecballiumrelated to DescriptionThe0.60section
Ecballiumrelated to External linksComprehensive0.60section
Ecballiumrelated to Seed dispersalThe0.60section
Ecballiumrelated to Seed dispersalPressure0.60section
Ecballiumrelated to Seed dispersalAt0.60section
Ecballiumrelated to Seed dispersalThis0.60section
Ecballiumrelated to Seed dispersalBecause0.60section

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