Dinesh ji May be side view of young female flower will clinch the issue. This one to me looks your typical C. melo agrestris
http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=9601755%40N05&q=Cucumis+Melo+Agrestis(2)&m=text 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://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/80764/> On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 7:54 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Gurcharan ji ... just as you have pointed out, it must be so ... in the > melee of plants, took this to be the fruit of the plant that was already > known to me as Cucumis melo ssp. agrestis ... Cucumis sativus must have been > there among the crowd of plants. > > The other point about flowers in other photos seeming to be of Cucumis > sativus ... please reconsider ... the flowers seen here have paler centre, > may not be apparent in the photos, attaching one of them cropped to stress > the difference, and the leaves have rounded lobes, rounded apex. > > This combination of flower with paler centre, its size and the leaves looks > similar to Isaac Kehimkar ji's illustration of Cucumis melo ssp. agrestis in > his book *Common Indian Wild Flowers*, page 60 .. my take could be wrong. > > Have also attached another cropped version, which your keen eye has found > cluster of flowers and pointed leaf tip. This again is my oversight in > identifying ... perceived the centre to be pale and overlooked all other > features !!! > > > Now please resolve my confusion, am revising what looks wrong and correct > (according to me !!) > > WRONGLY CONSIDERED for Cucumis melo ssp. agrestis: > FIRST : 2933715087_9dae125453_o.jpg ... fruit looking clearly to be C. > sativus > LAST : 2876451264_4010d2f233_b.jpg ... clustered flowers pointing to C. > sativus > > CORRECTLY CONSIDERED as Cucumis melo ssp. agrestis: > ... the rest of photos in my initial post. > > > > Regards. > > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 12:23 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Sorry >> I was to address Dinesh ji >> >> >> -- >> 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 11:52 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Balkar ji >>> Your fourth photograph may be C. melo (53) but not others, they appear C. >>> sativus to me: flowers in clusters, pointed leaf lobes. The first one >>> clearly has fruit of C. sativus. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 11:26 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> *Cucumis melo* ssp. *agrestis* >>>> >>>> KOO-koo-mis -- from the Greek *kykyon*, meaning cucumber >>>> MEL-oh -- meaning, an apple-shaped melon >>>> ag-RES-tiss -- of or belonging to fields >>>> >>>> >>>> *commonly known as*: senat seed, small gourd, wild musk melon • >>>> Gujarati: કચરી kachari • Hindi: कचरी kachari, कचरिया kachariya • Konkani: >>>> चिबडिण chibdin • Marathi: शिंडे shinde • Nepalese: gurmi • Rajasthani: कचरी >>>> kachari >>>> >>>> >>>> Attached views along Ghodbunder Road, >>>> ... for more views >>>> http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314344%40N00&q=Cucumismelosspagrestis&m=tags >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >
