Thank you very much Sir. JHINGA (*L. acutangula*) or DHUNDUL (*L. aegyptiaca*) with POSTO (poppy seeds) is a delicacy, as can be seen in a recipe page - http://www.bongcookbook.com/2009/01/jhinge-chingri-posto.html
Regards, surajit On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Nice photographs Surajit ji > > -- > 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 Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 9:53 PM, surajit koley < > surajitnotavaila...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> It is DHUNDUL in Bengali, *Luffa aegyptiaca* Mill. in "Bengal Plants". >> Dr. Prain equates it with three species of Flora Indica - 1) *L. >> pentandra*, 2) *L. clavata*, and 3) *L. racemosa*. >> >> This one is cultivated variety, eaten in curry. >> I have earlier posts featuring wild variety, bitter tasted. But, >> sometimes this cultivated var. also escapes in the wild. >> >> Thank you >> Regards >> >> -- >> 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > > -- 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
