Thanks Sir On Sat, Aug 13, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes Balkar ji > You have got the perfect series. Let us now think what the other plant is > which at least three members thought M. dioica but I considered Cucumis > sativus. I will activate that thread 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, Aug 13, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Balkar Arya <balkara...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I think these are also same >> from Panipat, wild, growing near railway line >> >> >> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 1:45 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> fruits & vegetables :: NATIVE, WILD :: Cucurbitaceae » Momordica dioica >>> >>> >>> Cucurbitaceae (pumpkin, or gourd family) » *Momordica dioica* >>> >>> >>> *mo-MOR-di-ka* -- from the word to bite, reference to the seeds which >>> look bitten >>> *dy-oh-EE-kuh* -- male and female flowers on separate plants >>> >>> >>> *commonly known as*: bristly balsam-pear, prickly carolaho, spine gourd, >>> teasle gourd • Assamese: avandhya, bhat-kerela • Bengali: bhat korola, ghee >>> korola, kankrol • Gujarati: katwal • Hindi: बन करेला ban karela • Kannada: >>> karchi-balli, madahagala gadde • Konkani: फागिल phagil • Malayalam: >>> ben-pavel, erimapasel • Marathi: करटोली kartoli • Rajasthani: bara -karela, >>> kankera, kankoda • Sanskrit: कर्कोटकी karkotaki, कर्कोटी karkoti • Tamil: >>> மெழுகுபாகல் meluku-pakal, பழுபாகல் palu-pakal • Telugu: అడవికాకర >>> adavikakara, ఆకాకర akakara >>> >>> >>> *Native to*: south-east Asia >>> >>> >>> *Edible use (WILD)*: >>> >>>> ... ripe fruit (as FRUIT) eaten ... unripe fruit (as vegetable) ...Purdue >>>> University<http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/FamineFoods/ff_families/CUCURBITACEAE.html> >>>> ... the fruits are fried and sometimes eaten with meat or fish ... >>>> Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momordica_dioica> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> Dr Balkar Singh >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >> Arya P G College, Panipat >> Haryana-132103 >> 09416262964 >> > > > > -- Regards Dr Balkar Singh Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology Arya P G College, Panipat Haryana-132103 09416262964
