Yes Madhuri Ji, Cucumber in Kannada is Sautekai. This though is not saute kai. Regards Yazdy.
On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Madhuri Pejaver <[email protected]> wrote: > in kannada called as soutekai > madhuri > > ________________________________ > From: mani nair <[email protected]> > To: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Cc: Yazdy Palia <[email protected]>; Dinesh Valke > <[email protected]>; efloraofindia <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, 9 October, 2010 3:41:23 PM > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:50082] NATIVE :: Cucurbitaceae (pumpkin, or > gourd family) » Cucumis sativus > > Dear Gurcharan ji, sorry, what I meant was another cucurbit which is known > as Brown cucumber which we use as a vegetable in Dal. I was confused by > the Malayalam name "Vellari". I think the cucurbit in Dinesh ji's photo is > the wild cucumber which is bitter in taste and in Malayalam it is called > "aatanga" , I do not know the English name of it. I am attaching two photos > taken last year of the Brown cucumber which was growing in a pot. Sorry, I > did not take any flower photo. > Regards, > Mani. > > not brown cucumber, but it is a bitter variety of cucumber which nobody > eats. In Malayalam Vellarikka is the brown cucumber, which we put in dal. > > On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 12:27 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. >>>> > >>> >> >> >> >> > > >
