What is the donkey cucumber plant that poisoned 4 children in Madaba?

Arab weather - Sinan Khalaf - donkey cucumber , that dangerous, highly toxic plant that caused the admission of 4 children in the province of Madaba to intensive care, after they had eaten its fruits while they were unaware of its harm, but what is the donkey cucumber plant?

What is donkey cucumber?

Donkey cucumber, donkey bow, or wild cucumber is a botanical genus with a single species, the donkey thrower bow. It is a creeping wild herbaceous plant and a poisonous cucurbits family.

Other nomenclature for donkey cucumber

The donkey cucumber plant has many names, which differ from one country to another, including ghoul eggs, jumping cucumbers, atrion, squash, Abu donar cucumber, dates Juha, roar alqam, alqam, cucumber, bazait, al-mudadha, balha, juha.

Donkey cucumber in brief

Donkey cucumber is a dioecious plant that is highly branched and extends about 1 meter in length. It has almost triangular leaves, greenish-yellow, and yellow flowers. The fruits are cylindrical in shape, about the size of a date seed, covered with fine fluff. The color of the fruit is green at first and then tends to yellow as it ripens. Ripe fruits explode when touched to disperse the seeds, and this is how the plant spreads

The original home of the donkey cucumber plant

Wild donkey cucumber is native to the Mediterranean regions, but it spreads in the semi-arid surrounding areas.