Forwarding for comparison with Sechium edule
uploaded by me separately.
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Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 2:23 AM
Subject: [indiantreepix:17814] sweet karela
Hallo,
in Feb 2009 I visited Sikkim. One Sabjiwala
gave me some seeds of sweet karela. I put them in a pot in
April.
In the beginning it did not want to grow, the
summer was very dry. Now it is raining a lot and the Karelas are getting
bigger everyday.
I shall be able to harvest 7 Karelas
now.
I shall enjoy eating karelasabji and
remembering my trip to Sikkim.
Until my visit to Sikkim I did not know that
Karelas are also sweet. I knew only the bitter ones.
Does this Plant have an ID?
Regards
Nalini