Friends we seem to be reaching somewhere. Firstly let us not confuse plant uploaded by Dinesh ji with what is established Kachri fruit. Kachri is botanically Cucumis trigonis now correctly known as C. melo subsp. agrestris var. agrestris. A fruit which rarely exceeds 4 cm in length, is a mini version of watermelon in color, fruit green with dark green stripes. And important KACHRI IS EDIBLE AND POPULARLY USED AS VEGETABLE IN VILLAGES. The young fruit of C. melo would never have tubercles, it may be softly pubescent.
http://madteaparty.wordpress.com/2007/07/26/a-strange-gourd/ http://efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=86657&flora_id=5 The plant uploaded by Dinesh ji and Yazdy ji if it is wild, bitter and not edible (as informed by Yazdy ji, , surely we have reached C. sativus var. hardwickii (Royle) Alef. (syn: C. hardwickii Royle) the wild cucumber, considered by some to be the progenitor of C. sativus var. sativus. If that is so we have achieved a lot in this series on cucurbits. And thanks Dinesh ji for uploading these photographs again and again. -- 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 Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> wrote: > This is not Zehneria Scabra. Please go through the link for Zeneria scabra. > > http://www.google.co.in/search?q=Zehneria+scabra&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&client=firefox-a&rlz=1R1GGGL_en___IN364 > Regards > Yazdy. > > 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 - >
