Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich. [Cucurbitaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Ecballium elaterium subsp. dioicum (Batt.) Costich

Ecballium elaterium subsp. elaterium

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acı kavun	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
acıdülek	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
elaterium	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
exploding cucumber	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fegous lehmir	Other	Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
jumping cucumber	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kantaki indravaaruni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kateri indryaayana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kithaa alhimar	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
kitha’a al-hameer	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
kitran	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
petrangourká	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
pikrangourká	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
qasā-ol-hemār	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
somāhang	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
squirting cucumber	Other	Healing Potential of Med. Pl., Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
squirting cumber	Other	Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
tsakropitílla	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
tsakrospourtélla	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
wild cucumber	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
πετραγγουρκά	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
πικραγγουρκά	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
τσακροπιτίλλα	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
τσακροσπουρτέλλα	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
سماهنگ	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
قثاء الحمار	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
قثاء الحمير	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
قثاءالحمار	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
‫قثاء الحمار‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruit		Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
Fruit		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
fruit		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
fruit		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
root, leaves, fruit	juice	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
juice		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
fruit		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fruit		Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Momordica elaterium L. Sp. Pl.: 1010 (1753).
Bryonia elaterium (L.) E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 12: 244 (1904).
Ecballium agreste Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 1: 294 (1831), nom. superfl.
Ecballium elaterium var. monoicum Batt. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 31: 364 (1885 publ. 1884), not validly publ.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ecbalium elaterium	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Ecbalium elaterium (L.) A. Rich.	Med. Pl. in N Israel (Dafnia et al., 1984)
Ecballium elaterium	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Ecballium elaterium ( L.) A. Richard	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich.	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Richard	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Herbs Israel (Said et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011) Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Ecballium elaterium (L.) Rick.	Healing Potential of Med. Pl., Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2000)
Ecballium elaterium A. Rich.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Ecballium elaterium A.Rich.	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Ecballium elaterium Rich.	Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
Ecballium elaterium Richard	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Momordica elaterium	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

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