Cucumis porphetarum?

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sheji ramkumar

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Aug 26, 2010, 7:48:19 AM8/26/10
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Malayalam name - aattanga -ആട്ടങ്ങ

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Vijayadas D

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Aug 26, 2010, 8:16:21 AM8/26/10
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In Trivandrum area , it is known as Kattuvellari

2010/8/26 sheji ramkumar <shej...@gmail.com>

Malayalam name - aattanga -ആട്ടങ്ങ




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Vijayasankar

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Aug 26, 2010, 10:18:53 AM8/26/10
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Cucumis prophetarum, i think.

With regards

Vijayasankar


Vijayasankar

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Aug 26, 2010, 2:09:38 PM8/26/10
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Date: Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:0] Cucumis porphetarum?
To: Vijayasankar <vijay.b...@gmail.com>


It is Cucumis prophetarum L.
kunhikannan



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Shantanu

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Aug 26, 2010, 2:43:57 PM8/26/10
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Hi
nice images...
is it some kind of vegetable or melon??
please give some info about this species.

shantanu :)

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> It is Cucumis prophetarum L.
> kunhikannan
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>  On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 7:48 PM, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com>wrote:
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> > *Cucumis prophetarum*, i think.
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> > With regards
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> > Vijayasankar
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> >   On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 7:16 AM, Vijayadas D <dvijaya...@gmail.com>wrote:
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> >> In Trivandrum area , it is known as *Kattuvellari
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> >> 2010/8/26 sheji ramkumar <sheji...@gmail.com>
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> >>  Malayalam name - aattanga -ആട്ടങ്ങ
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> >> Vijayadas D
> >> Horticulturist EstateSupervisorDeputy
> >> Salwa Garden Village, PB -7210
> >> Riyadh -11462 , KSA
> >> vijayadas.wetpaint.com
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> --
> Dr. C.Kunhikannan,
> Division of Biodiversity,
> Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding,
> Forest Campus,  R.S.Puram,
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Rohit Patel

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Aug 27, 2010, 1:37:29 AM8/27/10
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I think this is other species of Cucumis genus, ( May not C. propheratum ?)

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sheji

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Aug 27, 2010, 3:49:50 AM8/27/10
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Thank you all for helping in identifying.

regards
sheji

On Aug 26, 11:09 pm, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> To: Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com>
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> It is Cucumis prophetarum L.
> kunhikannan
>
>  On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 7:48 PM, Vijayasankar <vijay.botan...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > *Cucumis prophetarum*, i think.
>
> > With regards
>
> > Vijayasankar
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> >   On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 7:16 AM, Vijayadas D <dvijaya...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> >> In Trivandrum area , it is known as *Kattuvellari
> >> *
> >> 2010/8/26 sheji ramkumar <sheji...@gmail.com>
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> >>  Malayalam name - aattanga -ആട്ടങ്ങ
>
> >> --
> >> Vijayadas D
> >> Horticulturist EstateSupervisorDeputy
> >> Salwa Garden Village, PB -7210
> >> Riyadh -11462 , KSA
> >> vijayadas.wetpaint.com
>
> --
> Dr. C.Kunhikannan,
> Division of Biodiversity,
> Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding,
> Forest Campus,  R.S.Puram,

Gurcharan Singh

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Sep 25, 2010, 11:24:04 PM9/25/10
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May not be C. prophetarum. Possibly C. sativus.

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J.M. Garg

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Oct 21, 2010, 5:04:57 AM10/21/10
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Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please.

Some earlier relevant feedback:

“In Trivandrum area , it is known as Kattuvellari” rom Vijayadas ji

 

Cucumis prophetarum, i think.

With regards

Vijayasankar”

 

“It is Cucumis prophetarum L.
kunhikannan”

 
"I think this is other species of Cucumis genus, ( May not C. propheratum ?)
regards
ROhit"
"May not be C. prophetarum. Possibly C. sativus.
Refer to another thread
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Yazdy Palia

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Oct 21, 2010, 5:22:59 AM10/21/10
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After a lot of discussion, this has ultimately been identified
recently as C. Sativus.
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JM Garg

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Jan 23, 2021, 3:23:08 AM1/23/21
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I think this will be Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii as per images and details herein.  
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Gurcharan Singh

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Jan 23, 2021, 11:28:49 PM1/23/21
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Yes Garg ji
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