Forwarding again forId assistance please. Some earlierrelevant feedback: “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.” from Dinesh ji.
“A patient download of http://www.sbcollege.org/ResearchProjects.pdfillustrates a new species on the last page, *Momordica sahyadrica* Joseph & Antony.” from Dinesh ji. On 24 April 2012 11:51, Jui <juipe...@gmail.com> wrote: > > <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Bg_izsM4f_A/T40JIghEe3I/AAAAAAAABCo/2jY1dOceVSo/s1600/DSCN4153.jpg> > > > <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ilJgwpt6oXo/T40JTGMimBI/AAAAAAAABC4/o4ZABn85VqE/s1600/DSCN4156.jpg> > > > <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-znAMVlxtKcg/T40JZIuMGiI/AAAAAAAABDA/ML_qbmz5OJI/s1600/DSCN4157.jpg> > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xify5qK3cK8/T40Jlnm_rTI/AAAAAAAABDQ/nSo70n8YCSc/s1600/DSCN4160.jpg> > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-UxATqt0X1I4/T40KAW8YjYI/AAAAAAAABD4/iD5pjFgIO9Y/s1600/DSCN4166.jpg> > > Hello, > I need assistance in ID ing the Cucurbit Climber found on a roadside in > Nashik, Maharashtra. > I had seen it flowering around the end of monsoon growing on a Dalbergia > lacerifolia tree (known as Takoli locally) > It was an herbaceous climber a few meters long. the leaves varied from > cordate to digitate as dipicted in the images attached. But had a slightly > serrate margin. > The calyx of the flower was peculiarly large and cup shaped. the buds > ready to open emerged out of the climber. the calyx was not seen after > fruit began to develop. I managed to sight only one very young fruit which > was similar to Momordica dioica (Kartuli, in marathi) and had blunt spines > over it. > > The climber is not seen in the dry season. > > Thanks in advance > > Regards, > > Jui Pethe > > > > Senior Research Fellow, > NAIP-ICAR Project, > Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University > Nashik > -- 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 1860 members & 1,15,000 messages on 30/4/12) 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'.
