Dinesh ji Whenever I find a cucurbit, the first thing I do is locate a female flower (it will have atleast young fruit) and then if possible the fruit. Curcurbits often confuse you with male flowers. Please try and upload if you have photographs of a female flower and more preferably the fruit. From general look the plant looks to be Luffa, but knowing curbits, it could just be a wild guess.
-- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear friends, > Cucurbits are confusing ... ID please. > > > *Date/Time* : September 28, 2009 at 5.00pm IST > *Location Place* : Saphale Road, near Palghar, Maharashtra ... *Altitude*: 13 > m ... > *GPS* : 19°37'12.67"N, 72°52'50.46"E > *Habitat* : wild ... *Type* : greens along road around monsoon season > *Plant Habit* : herbaceous climber ... *Height *: 10 -15 ft ... *Length* : > not sure. > *Leaves Type *: simple ... *Shape* : heart-shaped, slightly lobed , deeply > cordate at base ... *Size* : > *Inflorescence Type* : solitary, on a very long, slender stalk, tending to > be erect ... *Size* : - > *Flowers Size* : about 1.5 - 2 in ... *Colour* : bright yellow ... *Calyx*: > do not know ... > *Bracts* : do not know > *Fruits Type* : gourd ... *Shape *: long cylindrical ... *Size* : about 1 > foot long x 2 - 2.5 in across... *Seeds* : do not know > > *Other Info* : the local folks told me that the flowers are used for > worship during Lord Ganesha's festival, offered to Goddess Gauri. > One of them gave me the fruit, saying that the hot fried slices coated with > gram flour (in Marathi, *garam tikhat bhaji*) would taste delicious -- > well, it did. > *Fragrance* : do not know ... *Pollinator* : do not know ... *Uses* : > fruit eaten > > > This climber is commonly found during, rather at the end of and just after > monsoon season on plains, more in country-side along state and village roads > near inhabited area. > > > Regards. > > -- > 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%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- 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.
