Indeed Jui ji, the spiny fruit concerned me while responding. Many thanks for correcting my thought. Possibilities: *Momordica subangulata* OR *M. angulata*; could not get sufficient descriptions to check on internet.
Off the context, - the (male) flowers of bitter luffa are in clusters, female flowers, solitary ... please correct me if wrong. - the stalks are as long as 5 cm in case of bitter luffa OR even longer. Regards. Dinesh On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 12:58 PM, Jui <juipe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dinesh ji, > Thank you for the prompt reply. > I went through the link. Leaves are very much alike but i think the > following points vary in the photographs > 1. the fruit is much more spiney than bitter luffa. > 2. the flowers of bitter luffa are seen in clusterswhile the flowers of > this plant are solitary. > 3. The flowers are also raised on a long stalk almost 5cm long as seen in > the images attached. > > I am attaching a few other images which i think may help > > Regards, > > Jui > > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-I-FVW6rAjyc/T40J1lmD0SI/AAAAAAAABDo/lzu7FPVK3cw/s1600/DSCN4164.jpg> > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-zv6Ll2JDtc8/T40JrqvDsFI/AAAAAAAABDY/2VUYA5dYNKc/s1600/DSCN4161.jpg> > > > <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-M369suUy_-A/T40JeeVmNcI/AAAAAAAABDI/Y1d_rBFOZKs/s1600/DSCN4158.jpg> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
