... but something is wrong Aboli ji ... fruit of *Zehneria scabra* is very tiny compared what is discussed. Cucurbits of inconspicuous size and of no use, all get the same name in Marathi / Konkani : chirati ... and, chirata is larger size, and of course, of no use.
Regards. On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Aboli Kulkarni <[email protected]>wrote: > hello everyone, > I think this is wild cucumber ( Zehneria scabra)... this is very > common... we can easily see this in the vicinity of our home... > > On Oct 9, 9:15 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.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -
