Squirting or exploding cucumber (Ecballium elaterium) is a perennial prostrate plant native to Europe, northern Africa and western Asia. Its fruits ar

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Squirting or exploding cucumber (Ecballium elaterium) is a perennial prostrate plant native to Europe, northern Africa and western Asia. Its fruits are toxics (cucurbitacin). This photo was taken in Empordà, Girona, Catalonia, Spain.

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