Squirting Cucumber / قِثّاء الِحمار

فقوس الحمار / قِث حمار

Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich.

Fruits, July. This photo is available under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 4.0 License.

Edibility and Usage

Edibility

Unknown

Blooming period

April to December

Seed collection period

June to November

Description

Perenniality

Perennial

Petal colour

Yellow

Leaf type

Entire

Life form

Hemicryptophyte

Scientifc data

Genus

Ecballium A.Rich.

Family

Cucurbitaceae

Wikidata item

Q157877

GBIF Item

Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich. (2874680)

References

Houri, A., Machaka Houri, N. (2001). photographic guide to wild flowers of Lebanon. Beirut: Chemaly & Chemaly.(English and Arabic)
عراف، ش.،عمر،ر.،اسعد، ص.(1995).مساهمة في دراسة نباتات البلاد(الحلقة الاولى).ترشيحا:مركز الدراسات القروية.(عربي)
Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-08-02.
Plants For A Future. Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich. (2022, August 02)..

Citation

Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/832 accessed via barari.org on 2/18/2026.