Cucurbitaceae
Squirting cucumber
Ecballium elaterium
- Family
- Cucurbitaceae
- Genus
- Ecballium
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Common names
By language (40)
- aeb
- فقّوس بهايم, فقّوس حمير
- Arabic
- قثاء الحمار
- Armenian
- Կատաղի վարունգ
- arz
- قثاء الحمار
- azb
- ائششک خیاری
- Azerbaijani
- Adi dəlixiyar
- Belarusian
- Шалёны агурок
- Bulgarian
- Луда краставица, Църкало
- Catalan
- Esquitxagossos, Cogombre amarg, Ecbalium elaterium
- Chinese
- 喷瓜, 噴瓜
- Croatian
- Primorska štrcalica
- Czech
- Tykvice stříkavá
- Dutch
- Springkomkommer, Kolokwint
- English
- Squirting cucumber
- ext
- Melón bravíu
- Finnish
- Ruiskukurkku
- French
- Concombre d'âne, Concombre d'ane, Concombre du Diable, Concombre Explosif, Concombre Sauvage, Cornichon d'Âne, Cornichon Sauteur, Ecbalie
- Galician
- Cogombro do demo
- German
- Spritzgurke, Echte Springgurke, Eselsgurke, Spritzgurken
- Greek
- Πικραγγουριά
- Hebrew
- ירוקת חמור מצויה, ירוקת החמור
- hsb
- Tykwica
- Irish
- Ecballium
- Italian
- Cocomero asinino, Elaterio, Schizzetto
- Japanese
- テッポウウリ
- kab
- Afeqqus n weɣyul
- Kazakh
- Atpaqïyar, Атпақияр, اتپاقىييار
- Macedonian
- Луда краставица, Лудо кеаставиче
- nap
- Cucuzzigl
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Eselagurk
- Persian
- خرخیار, خیار خر
- Polish
- Tryskawiec sprężysty, Ośli ogórek, Tryskawiec
- Russian
- Бешеный огурец обыкновенный, Бешеный огурец, Огурец бешеный
- Slovenian
- Navadni štrkavec
- Spanish
- Alficoz, Calabacilla Amarga, Cogombro amerch, Cogombro silvestre, Cohombrillo, Cohombrillo Amargo, Cojombrillo, Combrillo
- Swedish
- Sprutgurka, Sprutgurkesläktet, Sprutgurkessläktet, Sprutgurkssläktet
- Turkish
- Eşek hıyarı, Acı dülek, Acı kavun, Cırtatan, Eşekhıyarı, Yaban hıyarı
- Ukrainian
- Шалений огірок
- Welsh
- Cucumer chwystrellol
- zza
- Xiyarê luye
Synonyms
- Bryonia elaterium E.H.L.Krause
- Cucumis agrestis Rchb.
- Ecballium agreste Rchb.
- Ecballium officinale T.Nees
- Ecballium officinarum Rich. ex M.Roem.
- Ecballium purgans Schrad.
- Elaterium cordifolium Moench
- Momordica aspera Lam.
- Momordica ecirrhata Stokes
- Momordica elastica Salisb.
- Momordica elaterium L.
- Momordica officinarum-elaterium Crantz
Flowers
- In flower
- March to November (from 1,629 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Joey Bom, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: nbasargin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mitch Van Dyke, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gianni Del Bufalo bygdb, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Kurt Stueber, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Magnus Manske, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Symac, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Joey Bom, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.