Dear Dr. Gurcharan Singh Ji, I have gone through the link sent by you. The fruit in question is not one of these. This particular fruit is only around 2" in length and around 1.2 to 1.5" in diameter. In Malayalam it is called aatanga. It is bitter and the fruit when ripe has very little flesh most of it is liquid and seeds. Regards I will add the cross section of the fruit a little later today. Regards Yazdy.
On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is some useful information on Indian cucumbers. > http://www.seedsofindia.com/category/Cucumbers-18 > > -- > 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 Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 11:57 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I think it is cucumber only Cucumis sativus var. sativus, though not >> common garden cucumber. Cucumbers some in a variety of shapes and sizes, all >> characterised by young fruits with few or many tubercles. This one could be >> the pickling cucumber: >> http://www.foodsubs.com/Squcuke.html >> Mani ji, it would be useful if you could send photograph of young female >> flower with ovary in focus and also if possible a ripe fruit to settle the >> issue. >> -- >> 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 Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 10:36 PM, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Nice photo Dinesh ji, We use this in Dal and Arvi. I had a plant >>> growing in our balcony. I will send a photo of it later. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Mani. >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> This is not cucumber. It is a wild fruit, we have a lot of discussion >>>> recently. It is normally found around cowsheds as the animals enjoy >>>> the fruits in the wild and the seeds sprout from the dried cattle >>>> dropping. We have a lot of it in our area. >>>> Regards >>>> Yazdy. >>>> >>>> On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 12:07 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > Cucumis sativus >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > KOO-koo-mis -- from the Greek kykyon meaning, cucumber >>>> > sa-TEE-vus -- cultivated >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > commonly known as: cucumber • Arabic: خيار khiyar • Assamese: তিয়ঁহ >>>> > tiyoh, >>>> > তিঁহু tihu • Bengali: শশা sasa • Gujarati: કાકડી kakadi • Hindi: खीरा >>>> > khira >>>> > • Kannada: ಸೌತೆಕಾಯಿ sautekayi • Kashmiri: लौरू loru • Konkani: तौशे >>>> > taushe • >>>> > Lushai: fang-hma • Malayalam: വെള്ളരി vellari • Manipuri: থবী thabi • >>>> > Marathi: काकडी kakadi, कांकडी kankadi, खिरा khira, तवशी tavashi • >>>> > Nepalese: >>>> > काँक्रो kankro, खिर् khir, खिरो khiro, खिर्-काँक्रि khir-kakri • >>>> > Oriya: >>>> > kakudi • Persian: خيار khiyar • Prakrit: खीरओ khira-o • Punjabi: ਖੀਰਾ >>>> > khira >>>> > • Sanskrit: अल्पणः alpanah, अल्पणकः alpanakah, चर्भटी charbati, >>>> > ईर्वारुः >>>> > irvaaruh, क्षीरकः kshirakah, त्रपुलम् trapulam, त्रपुसम् trapusam • >>>> > Sindhi: >>>> > وَنگيِ vangii • Tamil: வெள்ளரி vellari • Telugu: దోస dosa, కీర kira • >>>> > Urdu: >>>> > کهيرا khira >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > Attached views from town of Pali (famous for one of super eight >>>> > temples of >>>> > Lord Ganesha) >>>> > ... these were posted in earlier thread for ID query ... resolved by >>>> > Gurcharan ji. >>>> > ... more views at >>>> > http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314344%40N00&q=Cucumissativus&m=tags >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > Regards. >>>> > >>> >> >> >> >> > > > >
