If these two photographs really belong to dosakaya, then it is a melon (Cucumis melo subsp. agrestris var. dudaim).
http://pallavi-foodblog.blogspot.in/2008/07/garden.html -- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Retired Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 11:53 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Date: 13 June 2013 22:11 > Subject: [efloraofindia:157520] Dossakaya is it Cucumis sativus or Cucumis > melo subsp. agrestris var. dudaim > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, Nidhan Singh < > [email protected]>, Vijayasankar Raman <[email protected]>, > Dr Santhosh Kumar <[email protected]>, "D.S Rawat" < > [email protected]> > > > Dossakaya or dosakai the common fruit used in South India in sambar and > pachari preparations has been bothering me for some time. I saw plenty of > fruits sold in Indian stores in california, although I never found them > being sold here in Delhi. > Most websites including Wikipedia identify it as Cucumis sativus, but > the shape of the fruit, its size and skin does not support this. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucumber > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cucumber_dosakai.jpg > > There is one website calling it Cucumis callosus that is considered as C. > melo subsp. agrestis var. agrestis by Fl. Pakistan, but C. melo subsp. melo > by GRIN > > http://www.youtube.com/all_comments?v=j7fRTYqMLaI > > Yet another website considers it as C. melo subsp. agrestis var. dudaim > > > http://chivukulakitchen.blogspot.in/2010/04/dosakaya-pacchadi-round-yellow-cucumber.html > > > This last one looks more logical as fruits resemble pocket melons except > larger size. var. chito (lime melon, apple melon) look even more closer to > our dosakai. > > Can any friend help to solve this dilemma. > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the world): > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2110 members & > 1,56,000 messages on 31/5/13) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 8500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
