Cyclanthera pedata from Manali

[Gurcharan Singh]

Plant uploaded by Nabha ji as sweet Karela finally turned out to be Cyclanthera pedata. I found it grown and sold in Manali. The local people know it simply as Karela. My Bengali fiend says it is known to them as Kakora. I am uploading some photographs.

 

The discussion in that thread also threw up Sechium edule, whose photographs I had uploaded from California. It is sold in California markets as Chayota  squash. My Bengali friend was carrying the fruit in his bag, calling it simply as squash.

 

 

Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College
University of Delhi, Delhi
India
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45