Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich.

name cited:
Momordica elaterium L.
name recognized:
Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich.
name recognized (basionym):
Momordica elaterium L.

drawing: M. Alcalde

family: Cucurbitaceae
subfamily: Cucurbitoideae
tribe: Joliffieae

epithet: elaterius,-a,-um

Illustration contributed by:
New York Botanical Garden, U.S.A.

link to this page:
http://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=157780

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.;