If what Mani ji has confidently pointed out is correct ... which me too now realize it could be true ...in Marathi popularly known as *chirata* OR also known as *kaareta* ... not sure what it translates to botanical name. Am sure somebody will come up with the botanical name ... am curious.
Regards On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 8:52 PM, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: > In Maharashtra on the first day of Divali, the cucurbit in Dinesh ji photo > is trambled with foot thinking that this will bring good luck. > > Regards, > > Mani. > > > On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Dear friends, please bear with me .... my cucurbits are causing confusion >> !!! >> Hoping the confusion will get resolved sooner or later (else, there are >> several photos in my photostream which will lose their identities !!!!!) >> >> Regards. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> 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/<http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> 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. >>> >>>> > >>> >>> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >> >> >
