Woodblocks Museum Plantin-Moretus
Woodblocks Plantin-Moretus

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(1553-1601)

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no. 6442 [MPM.HB.06442]

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Ecballium elaterium (L.) A. Rich.

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

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origin of:
M. de Lobel, Pl. Strip. Icon., vol. 1 : p. 646, fig. 1 (1591)

R. Dodoens [Dodonaeus ], Stirp. Hist. Pempt.: p. 378, fig. 1 (1583)

R. Dodoens [Dodonaeus ], Stirp. Hist. Pempt.: p. 652, fig. 2 (1583)

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family: Cucurbitaceae
subfamily: Cucurbitoideae
tribe: Benincaseae

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epithet cited: elaterius,-a,-um

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epithet recognized:

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Illustration contributed by:
Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp, Belgium

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link to this page:
http://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=437312

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synonyms:

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.;