Many thanks Gurcharan ji; had never knew of the male flowers. Regards. Dinesh
On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 12:39 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > *Trichosanthes cucumerina* Linn., Sp. Pl. 1008. 1753 > > Climbing herb with lobed leaves, male flowers in racemes, fruit ovoid 5-7 > cm long. > > Photographed from near Nagrota in J & K. > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Jbk4ktX5YLo/T4E1rYi89yI/AAAAAAAABCA/810aCAu3l0w/s1600/Trichosanthes-cucumerina-cucumerina-near+Nagrota-+%26+K-1.jpg> > Trichosanthes-cucumerina-cucumerina-near Nagrota- J & > K-1 > > > <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-IbChEkkrf5A/T4E5CHiPNFI/AAAAAAAABCw/hs2gu6s8BVE/s1600/Trichosanthes-cucumerina-cucumerina-near+Nagrota-+%26+K-2.jpg> > Trichosanthes-cucumerina-cucumerina-near Nagrota- J & > K-2 > > > > <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-ncd6QlS_hPo/T4E2a3Nh4vI/AAAAAAAABCY/0LtLCIitHVY/s1600/Trichosanthes-cucumerina-cucumerina-near+Nagrota-+%26+K-3.jpg> > Trichosanthes-cucumerina-cucumerina-near Nagrota- J & K-3 > > > > <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-H9vI3fryOZ8/T4E2zu2gPwI/AAAAAAAABCk/4GSFAeywir8/s1600/Trichosanthes-cucumerina-cucumerina-near+Nagrota-+%26+K-4.jpg> > Trichosanthes-cucumerina-cucumerina-near Nagrota- J & > K-4 > > > Gurcharan Singh >