it is Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M.Roem for sure Regards Satish Pardeshi
On Mar 15, 5:54 pm, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All, > The plant is > ** > *Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M.Roem. [family CUCURBITACEAE]* > Synonymy: > > - ≡ Bryonia scabrella L.f. [family CUCURBITACEAE] > - ≡ Mukia scabrella (L.) Arn. [family CUCURBITACEAE] > - = Cucumis maderaspatanus L. [family CUCURBITACEAE] > - = Melothria maderaspatana (L.) Cogn. [family CUCURBITACEAE] > > Climber or trailer to 2.5 m. from perennial woody rootstock; stems roughly > bristly-hairy. Leaf-blade sagittate, hastate, triangular, ovate or broadly > ovate in outline, often cordate, sinuate-toothed and sometimes irregularly > dentate-lobulate, scabrid-hairy, 12–113 mm. long, 14–110 mm. broad, unlobed > or 3(–5)-lobed; middle lobe triangular, broadest below, or sometimes > slightly narrowed towards the base, and much the largest; lateral lobes > ovate-triangular; petiole rough-hairy, 3–82 mm. long. Male flowers on 1–3 > mm. long pedicels; receptacle-tube 1–2 mm. long, dark-hairy; lobes > triangular-subulate, 0.5–1 mm. long; petals yellow, 1.5–2 mm. long, 1–1.3 > mm. broad. Female flowers 5–10 in separate clusters on 1 mm. long pedicels; > ovary green, globose, shortly beaked, bristly with dark forward-pointing > hairs, 1.5–3 mm. long, 1.2–2.5 mm. across; receptacle-tube 1 mm. long; lobes > triangular, 0.5–0.8 mm. long; petals 1 mm. long and broad. Fruits > subsessile in axillary clusters of 1–7, bright scarlet and glabrous, smooth, > subglobose, 6–11 mm. in diameter. Seeds ovate in outline, bordered, > scrobiculate, 4–5.5 2–3 1.2–1.7 mm. Fig. 19, p. 116. > Regards > Tanay > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 3:50 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise pl. > > Earlier relevant feedback: > > *“This is a Cucurbitaceae member.* Forgot its name now????? > > Santhosh” > > > “Whether it is cucumis?” from Vijayadas ji. > > > *“this seems to be Mukia madaraspatna of Cucurbitaceae. *when mature > > fruits become red in colour > > kunhikannan” > > > "Kunhikannan ji, the concern is that the fruit as well as the flowers in > > this case, are approximately half the size of M. maderaspatana (syn. of > > Cucumis maderaspatanus). > > *Assuming some kind of stunted growth, it does look like M. maderaspatana. > > * > > Friends, please comment." > > > "To me the fruits appear young and not fully developed, so size should not > > be the concern. > > -- > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh" > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > > Date: 11 December 2009 21:00 > > Subject: [indiantreepix:24896] Convolvulaceae fruit lesser than pea-size > > To: Indian Tree Pix <[email protected]> > > > Dear friends, > > > Creeper with large leaves, minute yellow flowers - just about 2 - 3 mm; > > round fruits about 5 mm. > > > Place: near Panorama Point, Matheran > > Date: 08 DEC 09 > > > ID please. > > > Regards, > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "indiantreepix" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@goog > > legroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > > -- > > With regards, > > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > > Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, > > Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): > >http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg > > For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Efloraofindia: > >http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "efloraofindia" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@goog > > legroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > -- > Tanay Bose > +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) > 9830439691(Mobile) > 9674221362 (Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
