Yes, it is now known as Cucumis maderaspatanus (syn: Mukia maderaspatana). -- 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 Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 11:23 AM, C KUNHIKANNAN <kunhikan...@gmail.com>wrote: > It is Mukia madaraspatna. > Kunhikannan > > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 6:23 AM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: > > looks like Cucumis maderaspatana but not sure without the closeups > > Tanay > > > > On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 10:31 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Looks like Cucumis maderaspatana > >> > >> -- > >> 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 Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 9:25 AM, chitralekha P < > p_chitrale...@yahoo.co.in> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> Please identify this cucurbit. > >>> Climber, not cultivated, growing in JNU campus, Delhi. Found only one > >>> plant on the hedge plant of a garden, Flowering - in October. > >>> Flowers very small (~5mm), in clusters but fruits present singly or in > >>> pairs, also small (~1-1.5cm), > >>> glabrous, red when ripe. > >>> Regards, > >>> P.Chitralekha > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Tanay Bose > > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > > Department of Botany. > > University of British Columbia . > > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > > Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > > 604-822-2019 (Lab) > > ta...@interchange.ubc.ca > > > > > > > > -- > Dr. C.Kunhikannan, > Division of Biodiversity, > Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, > Forest Campus, R.S.Puram, > Coimbatore-641002, Tamilnadu. >
