Squirting cucumbers blast their seeds over distances hundreds of times their length, and now scientists say they have found ...
They filmed the seed dispersal using a high-speed camera, which captured up to 8,600 frames per second. They then measured ...
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Squirting cucumbers thicken and stiffen to eject seeds with 'remarkable speed and precision,' study findsSquirting cucumbers shoot their seeds up to 33 feet (10 m) away from the mother plant to avoid overcrowding and competition, ...
A team led by the University of Oxford has solved a mystery that has intrigued scientists for centuries: how does the ...
The mystery surrounding the exact way the squirting cucumber disperses its seeds and how it impacts its ability to reproduce ...
Researchers in the UK have, for the first time, revealed the mechanism behind the squirt by carrying out high-speed videography, computed tomography scans and mathematical modelling.
The squirting cucumber Ecballium—not to be confused with the exploding cucumber Cyclanthera—is not a showy plant. It meanders ...
A team led by the University of Oxford has solved a mystery that has intrigued scientists for centuries: how does the ...
Squirting cucumbers, also known by the scientific name Ecballium elaterium, are found across the Mediterranean and Europe, and in parts of northern Africa, Australia, Asia and North America.
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