Kindly bear with spellings error in subect line. Please read: Cucurbitaceae Week: Cucurbita ficifolia from California.
-- PS: Please bear with missing j in text, culprit keyboard of my make shift laptop 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 Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Gurcharan Singh <singh...@gmail.com> wrote: > *Cucurbita ficifolia* Bouché, Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. > Preuss. Staaten 12:205. 1837 > > Common names: Malabar gourd, fig-leaf gourd; Chilacayota (Spanish) > > Long spreading perennial with orbicular-ovate to nearly reniform leaves, > lobed with obtuse sinuses or merely sinuate; corolla large, spreading; > fruit oblong to spherical, up to 30 cm long, green with white stripes, > flesh white; seeds black. > > Often sold in California stores under the name Chilacayota . > > <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-9OCj12sy0tQ/T3wF2c2k6DI/AAAAAAAAAuc/r6MTED3ZidQ/s1600/Cucurbita-filicifolia-Chilacayota-b-DSC01110-California-2.jpg> > Cucurbita-filicifolia-Chilacayota-b-DSC01110-California-2 > > > <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-0Frxkp9e3P8/T3wGJuhbQmI/AAAAAAAAAuo/LHeeRMUQ27k/s1600/Cucurbita-filicifolia-Chilacayota-DSC01109-California-1.jpg> > Cucurbita-filicifolia-Chilacayota-DSC01109-California-1 > > > Gurcharan Singh > >
