Nice illustration of the plant. Thanks for sharing. Pankaj
On Tuesday, 3 April 2012 15:27:22 UTC+8, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > > *Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis var. agrestis* Naudin, Ann. Sc. Nat. 4, > Ser. 11:73. 1859 > syn: Cucumis trigonous Rox.; C. pubescens Willd. > > The taxonomy of this group is rather confusing with most wild species > having been merged under C. melo. It, however looks appropriate to separate > wild forms under subsp. agrestris and cultivated under subsp. melo. > > Common name: Kachri in Delhi, Haryana and Chibar in Rajasthan > > Much branched herb with 3-5 lobed leaves, 9-12 mm across yellow flowers > and oval to ellipsoid fruits, light green with dark green patches. > > May be confused with Citrullus colocynthis but latter has leaves deeply > lobed with narrow pinnately cleft lobes, smaller pale yellow flowers and > globose fruits. > > Photographed from Delhi and Rajasthan > > > <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sqgMoazQxuM/T3qlHkPAPiI/AAAAAAAAAo8/Yd2kOoXTSsI/s1600/Cucumis-melo-agrestris-agrestris-Vikas-puri-1.jpg> > Cucumis-melo-agrestris-agrestris-Vikas-puri-1 > > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-R7KQI9iVqkc/T3qliBs0UFI/AAAAAAAAApI/uQ4ccnEcLao/s1600/Cucumis-melo-agrestris-agrestris-Vikas-puri-2.jpg> > Cucumis-melo-agrestris-agrestris-Vikas-puri-2 > > > > > <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-n_lHwMFJteg/T3ql61c7j9I/AAAAAAAAApU/GXHztzVUJD4/s1600/Cucumis-pubescens-Chibar-Rajasthan-1.jpg> > Cucumis-pubescens-Chibar-Rajasthan-1 > > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-76fcax7m3LU/T3qmKODQhmI/AAAAAAAAApg/Hf5WeP6JPzw/s1600/Cucumis-pubescens-Chibar-Rajasthan-3.jpg> > Cucumis-pubescens-Chibar-Rajasthan-3 > > > Gurcharan Singh > > > >
