A squirting cucumber sprays its seeds — ChillScroll

A small green cucumber fruit spraying clear droplets and dark seeds from its stem

A squirting cucumber sprays its seeds

The ripe fruit fills with thick liquid under pressure. When it breaks free from its stem, the liquid shoots out and carries the small dark seeds away from the parent plant.

The fruit leaves the stem, and the seeds take the express route out.

Source · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew ↗