Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich. [ Momordica elaterium L.]
Lobel, M. de, Plantarum seu stirpium icones (1581)
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Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich.


binominal name:
Momordica elaterium L.
name recognized:
Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich.
name recognized (basionym):
Momordica elaterium L.
cited non-linnean names:
Cucumer sylvestris elaterium
Cucumis asininus officinarum

family: Cucurbitaceae
subfamily: Cucurbitoideae
tribe: Joliffieae
epithet: elaterius,-a,-um

Illustration contributed by:
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A.
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homotypic synonyms:
Bryonia elaterium (L.) E.H.L.Krause; Momordica elaterium L.;
heterotypic synonyms:
Ecballium agreste Rchb.; Ecballium officinale T.Nees; Ecballium officinarum Rich. ex M. Roemer; Ecballium purgans Schrader; Elaterium cordifolium Moench; Momordica elastica Salisb.;
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