Sir, Thank you very much for these identifying keys to the three *Cucurbita*species.
Specially *C. moschata* & *C. maxima* were very confusing to me. More so because, according to 'Plant Groups', Gourd = *C. maxima* = *C. moschata* ! Now i know what to look for when i see another KUMRA in a field. Regards, Surajit Koley On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 8:12 AM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > Surajit ji > In Cucurbita pepo commonly used as cooked vegetable uploaded by me has > much lighter flesh almost creamish white to greenish white and not sweeter > to taste. Commonly also known as kumra. > > Your above plant is neither C. maxima nor C. pepo. It is C. moschata. > Please note foliaceous calyx lobes and clear constricted pad at the tip of > the pedicel. Both C. maxima and C. moschata I hope have orange yellow > flesh, cooked also as vegetable, but relished as halwa, and more > appropriately mitha kumra. In fact C. maxima and C. moschata have same > local names. > > Perhaps the confusion is deep rooted (not fault of cucurbits, which are > quite distinct). Last week I bought petha from one store here. Thinking it > to be slightly unripe (being lighter creamish colour) and less is quantity, > I bought more from another shop which had softer orange-yellow flesh, and > cooked latter the same day. Now I realize that first was C. pepo and second > C. moschata. > > > 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 11:58 PM, surajit koley < > surajitnotavaila...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Sorry Sir, the link of my post is - >> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/indiantreepix/3UAxLsJ8hKA >> >> Thank you & Regards, >> >> Surajit Koley >> >> >>> >>> >>> >>> >
