Forwarding again for Id assistance pl.
Earlier relevant feedback:
Dear Usha
Can you throw some light on this plant / vegetable from Sikkim?
Best wishes
Ulhas
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From: "J.M. Garg" <jmga...@gmail.com>
Date: Oct 13, 12:54 pm
Subject: Fwd: [indiantreepix:18961] Re: sweet karela
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Forwarding again for Id assistance pl.
Earlier relevant feedback:
*"Nabha ji
you seem to have found a and photographed one of the least known
plants.
Meetha karela, Bhaat karela, Kheksa, Padora, Kakaura, Kaksa all names
of
spinegourd, A plant with many virtues, and botanically Momordica
dioicaRoxb.
*
* Your plant is is not clearly this species. There is no
information on
the net, not even common names of what I think is your plant, perhaps
Gomphogyne
cissiformis Griff, growing in Kumaon, Sikkim and Lachoong.
You have to confirm the size of fruit (length), size of seed, and
whether latter has small tubercles (teeth like structures) at ends.*
* The plant is very poory known, and my identification is purely on
the
basis of scanty information. It needs critical scrutiny by other
members.
Dr. Gurcharan Singh"
*
*"Gurcharan ji,
thanks for your feed back. I havn't eaten the fruits yet so i can take
more
fotos and send them here.
Well. sweet karela was also not known to me, till ivisited sikkim. It
was
sold in one shop where we stopped for Lunch and if i remember ok, the
hotel
and the sho were on the main road to Gangtok along the Teesta river.
Perhaps
there are people from Sikkim or Bengal in the group who may have some
more
ideas.
The fruits are longish, the tip is bent a bit, and the fruits have a
few (3
or 4) thorn like things, but very thin like hair perhaps 1 to 1,5 cm
long
Here one can read about sweet karela **http://www.livemint.com/
2008/10/31232217/The-secrets-of-Sikkim.htmlbut*<http://
www.livemint.com/2008/10/31232217/The-secrets-of-Sikkim.htmlbut>
* the picture is not of s.k.
in **www.avani-kumaon.org/annual_reports/anrep04-05
(E).docthere*<http://www.avani-kumaon.org/annual_reports/anrep04-05
(E).docthere>
* a ref to s.k.
Perhaps there are people from Sikkim or Bengal in the group who may
have
some more ideas.
Regards
Nalini"*
**
*"Nabha ji
Your first link did not open. The second link leads to page that lists
Sweet
karela, but as I told you earlier, most people know sweet karela as
Momordica
dioica. Your plant is much different from this.*
*Dr. Gurcharan Singh"*
Here one can read about sweet karelahttp://www.livemint.com/2008/10/31232217/The-secrets-of-Sikkim.htmlbut
the
picture is not of s.k.
s.k..
Perhaps there are people from Sikkim or Bengal in the group who may
have
some more ideas.
Regards
Nalini
Nabha ji
Your first link did not open. The second link leads to page that lists
Sweet
karela, but as I told you earlier, most people know sweet karela as
Momordica dioica. Your plant is much different from this.
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College
University of Delhi, Delhi
India
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SYNONYM(S) : Cyclanthera pedata (L.) Schrad. var. edulis (Naudin) Cogn., Momordica pedata L.
ENGLISH : Korila, Korilla, Slipper gourd, Wild cucumber, Caigua
(Haiti) (pronounced kai-wa).On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 10:40 AM,
Regards,
Usha
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