Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. Some earlier relevant feedback:
“Giby, if it is from wild, it *may belong to some other species rather than M. charantia*. Regards Vijayasankar Raman” "Thank you for the suggestion. I will check the same and get back to you." from Giby ji. On 25 February 2012 18:26, Giby Kuriakose <giby.kuriak...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > Wild bitter gourd (Momordica charantia L). It is used in ayurvedic > medicine. > > Cultivated in our farm. Seeds are collected from the wild (Pooyamkutty) > I will upload flower picture as and when I get the same. I havent noticed > this so far. My mother told me that there are fruits now that are so small > but nicely colored. > length is about 3-6cm > > > Regards > Giby > > > > > -- > GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD > Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), > Royal Enclave, > Jakkur Post, Srirampura > Bangalore- 560064 > India > Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) > visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby > -- With regards, J.M.Garg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1840 members & 1,10,000 messages on 31/3/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 6500 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'.
