Cucumber seeds have been found to be rich in nutrients and peptides that enhance calcium absorption, thus improving bone ...

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 cucumber uses high-pressure seed ejection for dispersal, with seeds reaching speeds of 20m/s and landing up to 10m ...

The mystery surrounding the exact way the squirting cucumber disperses its seeds and how it impacts its ability to reproduce ...

Squirting cucumbers shoot their seeds up to 33 feet (10 m) away from the mother plant to avoid overcrowding and competition, ...

Whether you want to save money on seeds next year or you just want to expand your garden knowledge, here's how to save your ...

The squirting cucumber shoots its seeds so fast that scientists had to use techniques like high-speed videography to record ...

The hairy, ground-hugging vines of the squirting cucumber Ecballium elaterium might seem like an ordinary weedy plant. But ...

"Ballistic seed dispersal" is not something you see often in plants – and for good reason, perhaps, when you see just what the affectionately called squirting cucumber is capable of. Shunning external ...

A team led by the University of Oxford has solved a mystery that has intrigued scientists for centuries: how does the ...