Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich.

Squirting Cucumber

Minimum height	20
Maximal height	80
Life form	Th
SBT (Social Behaviour Type)	A
Ujvárosi's life form system	H3
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (main category)	Th
Modified Ellenberg - Müller-Dombois life form (sub-category)	Th_sum

Chromosome number	24
Ploidy level	NA

Phytosociological categorization (Soó)	A311
Phytosociological categorization (Borhidi)	NA
Nativeness	alien species
Residence time	neophyte
Introduction mode	accidental
Invasion status	casual species
Area type	ADV
Conservation status	not protected
Conservation value (HUF)
Year of protection
IUCN Red List category	NE
Hungarian Red List category
Conservation value category	A

Ellenberg indicator values
EIV L	8
EIV T	9
EIV K	?
EIV F	5
EIV R	8
EIV N	7
EIV S	0
Zólyomi's ecological indicator values
TZ-scale	NA
WZ-scale	NA
RZ-scale	NA
Soó's ecological indicator values
TS-scale	4
FS- scale	2-3
RS- scale	3
NS-scale	3
Borhidi's ecological indicator values
TB-scale	9
WB-scale	5
RB-scale	8
NB-scale	7
LB-scale	8
CB-scale	5
SB-scale	0

Leaf traits
Leaf Area (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
Leaf Area (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf Area (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf Area (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
LDMC (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
LDMC (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
LDMC (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
LDMC (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
SLA (Lhotsky et al. 2016)	NA
SLA (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
SLA (Gyalus et al. 2022)	NA
SLA (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf fresh mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA
Leaf dry mass (E-Vojtkó et al. 2020)	NA
Leaf dry mass (McIntosh-Buday et al. 2022)	NA

Distribution in Hungary

Distribution maps presented here are only for reference purposes, for more details see the Vascular plants of Hungary online database.

Last update: 3 February 2022.