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Exploding Cucumber

12 KolmogorovComp 7 8/13/2025, 8:07:40 AM en.wikipedia.org ↗

Comments (7)

tetris11 · 1h ago

Oh I've seen Ecballium Elaterium ("squirting cucmber") in Cyprus. They're everywhere and just flicking a stone at one can cause a chain reaction in others. Not edible AFAIK

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecballium

kcplate · 42m ago

As a kid during a brief stint living outside of Athens, we found them all over. It was fun to try and squirt your friends.

tetris11 · 32m ago

Same! Got into many battles that way. Problem of course being that the plant is so unpredictable that you end up spraying yourself than your actual target ;-)

kcplate · 16m ago

Yes, the backfire added to the fun.

tau255 · 4h ago

A plant with similarly exploding feature is Impatiens parviflora [1]. It is quite easy to spot in the wild in Europe.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impatiens_parviflora

franciscop · 4h ago

I found details of the Impatiens Parviflora and its exploding properties on the Spanish Wikipedia. But digging deeper, it seems the general term for exploding seeds is "Ballocoria" (Latin), only found in a sub-section:

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispersi%C3%B3n_de_los_prop%C3...

https://grok.com/share/bGVnYWN5LWNvcHk%3D_e1c522fa-64ae-4864...

tau255 · 3h ago

I have found some footage of the seedpod exploding [1]. It seems that Impatiens parviflora is invasive species that propagated from botanical gardens in Europe. One research [2] states it can shoot seed up to 3.4 meters.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QUzag5u7Pi0 [2] über Impatiens parviflora Dc. als Agriophyt in mitteleuropa, L Trepl - 1984