According to IPNI and LINN 'Mukia' is the accepted name. Mukia maderaspatana (L.) M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 47. 1846 Cucumis maderaspatanus L. Sp. Pl. 2: 1012. 1753
Type: Lectotype = "Cucumis Maderaspatensis fructu minimo" in Plukenet, Phytographia, t. 170, f. 2, 1692 Regards Pankaj On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 7:32 PM, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote: > Cucumis maderaspatanus > tanay > > On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 10:50 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> ... only sometimes !!! (only when familiar, and the coincidence of getting >> to see the post first) !!! >> Thank you very much, Aarti ji. >> Regards. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Aarti S. Khale <aarti.kh...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> Dinesh ji, >>> Must say you are really fast. >>> Thanks a lot. >>> Aarti >>> >>> On 11/10/10, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > *Cucumis maderaspatanus* (popular synonym: *Mukia maderaspatana*) >>> > >>> > ... commonly known as: bristly bryony, Madras pea pumpkin, rough bryony >>> > • >>> > Bengali: bilari • Gujarati: tindori • Hindi: बिलाड़ी bilari, मुसमुसा >>> > musmusa, परिपुष्करा paripushkara, पिण्डिला pindila, सेटु setu • >>> > Kannada: >>> > chitrati • Konkani: चिरटी chirati • Malayalam: chitrati • Marathi: >>> > चिरटी >>> > chirati • Nepalese: मट्याङग्र काँक्री matyangre kankri • Punjabi: gwala >>> > kakri • Rajasthani: ankh phutani • Sanskrit: परिपुष्करा paripushkara, >>> > पिण्डिला pindila, सेटु setu • Tamil: முசுமுசுக்கை muchumuchukkai, >>> > பரிபுஷ்கரை paripuskarai • Telugu: నూగుదోస nugudosa • Urdu: مسمسا >>> > musmusa >>> > >>> > >>> > Regards. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Aarti S. Khale >>> > <aarti.kh...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> > >>> >> Date/Time : 5th of October, 2010. >>> >> Location Place : Nasik,Maharashtra ... >>> >> Altitude : ... GPS : ... >>> >> Habitat : Wild ... Type : ... >>> >> Plant Habit : Creeper ... Height : ... Length : about 4-5 feet >>> >> Leaves Type : ... Shape : ... Size : >>> >> Inflorescence Type : ... Size : >>> >> Flowers Size : less than 1 cm ... Colour : lemon ... Calyx : ... >>> >> Bracts : >>> >> ... >>> >> Fruits Type : red berries ... Shape : round ... Size : very >>> >> tiny...less than 1 cm ... Seeds : ... >>> >> >>> >> Other Info : >>> >> Fragrance : ... Pollinator : ... Uses : ... >>> >> >>> >> Found growing wild by the roadside. >>> >> Sorry for the bad picture quality >>> >> Aarti >>> >> >>> > >> > > > > -- > 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 > > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
