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WIKTROP - Weed Identification and Knowledge in the Tropical and Mediterranean areas
WIKTROP - Weed Identification and Knowledge in the Tropical and Mediterranean areas
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Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich.

Accepted
Plante adulte
Plante adulte
Plante adulte
Plante adulte
Feuilles triangulaires-cordiformes, obtuses, longuement pétiolées.
Feuilles triangulaires-cordiformes, obtuses, longuement pétiolées.
Racine tubérisée
Racine tubérisée
Fleurs jaunâtres, veinées, unisexuées.
Fleurs jaunâtres, veinées, unisexuées.
Fleurs jaunâtres, veinées, unisexuées.
Fleurs jaunâtres, veinées, unisexuées.
Plantule
Plantule
Plantule
Plantule
Tige
Tige
Feuilles
Feuilles
Fruits
Fruits
Plante adulte
Plante adulte
Feuilles triangulaires-cordiformes, obtuses, longuement pétiolées.
Racine tubérisée
Fleurs jaunâtres, veinées, unisexuées.
Fleurs jaunâtres, veinées, unisexuées.
Plantule
Plantule
Tige
Feuilles
Fruits
🗒 Synonyms
synonymBryonia elaterium (L.) E. H. L. Krause
synonymCucumis asininus Garsault
synonymEcballium agreste Reichb.
synonymEcballium elaterium subsp. dioicum (Batt.) D.E. Costich
synonymEcballium elaterium var. dioicum Batt.
synonymEcballium officinale T. Nees
synonymEcballium officinarum Rich. ex M. Roem.
synonymEcballium purgans Schrad.
synonymElaterium cordifolium Moench
synonymMomordica angulata Savi ex Steud.
synonymMomordica aspera Lam.
synonymMomordica ecirrhata Stokes
synonymMomordica elastica Salisb.
synonymMomordica elaterium L.
synonymMomordica officinarum-elaterium Crantz
🗒 Common Names
Arabic
  • Bit el Ghoul, Oumana, Oufadia, Safirous
French
  • Momordique
📚 Overview
Overview
Brief
Diagnostic Keys
Description
No Data
📚 Natural History
Life Cycle

Life cycle

Vivacious
Vivacious
Cyclicity
Reproduction
Dispersal
Size
Morphology

Growth form

Prostrated
Prostrated

Leaf arrangement

Alternate
Alternate

Leaf type

Simple
Simple

Latex

Without latex
Without latex

Stem section

Ridged or grooved
Ridged or grooved

Root type

Rhizome tuberised
Rhizome tuberised

Hollow or solid stem

Solid stem
Solid stem

Stipule type

No stipule
No stipule

Leaf attachment type

with petiole
with petiole

Fruit type

Berry
Berry

Cotyledon type

elliptic
elliptic
emarginate
emarginate

Lamina base

cordate
cordate

Lamina margin

denticulate
denticulate
undulate
undulate

Lamina apex

rounded
rounded

Upperface pilosity

Dense hairy
Dense hairy

Upperface hair type

Scabrous
Scabrous
Long
Long

Lowerface pilosity

Dense hairy
Dense hairy

Lowerface hair type

Long
Long
Scabrous
Scabrous

Simple leaf type

Lamina elliptic
Lamina elliptic

Lamina section

embossed
embossed

Lamina Veination

Curved and united with the vein above
Curved and united with the vein above
in arc
in arc

Flower color

Yellow
Yellow

Inflorescence type

Axillary solitary flower
Axillary solitary flower
Cyme
Cyme

Stem pilosity

Dense hairy
Dense hairy

Stem hair type

Hispidus
Hispidus

Life form

Broadleaf plant
Broadleaf plant
Physiology
Ecology
No Data
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat

Habitat

Terrestrial
Terrestrial
Description
No Data
📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
No Data
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
No Data
📚 Information Listing
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Thomas Le Bourgeois
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Thomas Le Bourgeois
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    AdvenAlg 1.1 : Identification et Connaissance des Principales Adventices d'Algérie Méditerranéenne

    Thomas Le Bourgeois
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      🐾 Taxonomy
      RootRoot
      KingdomPlantae
      PhylumTracheophyta
      ClassMagnoliopsida
      OrderCucurbitales
      FamilyCucurbitaceae
      GenusEcballium
      SpeciesEcballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich.
      📊 Temporal Distribution
      📷 Related Observations
      👥 Groups
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