Which red fruit is this ? ID – 091011SC1

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Shobha Chavda

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Oct 9, 2011, 9:14:52 AM10/9/11
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Request for ID –  091011SC1

Dear Friends

Posting a photo of this red fruit for Id.Not very sure whether the leaves seen are of the same climber as the photo was taken from a far distance.

Date / Time – 18.09. 2011 / 11.00 am.

Location – Place – Kakuli Lake,Badalapur (Near Kalyan),Maharashtra

Habitat – Garden/ Urban/ Wild / Type – Wild

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Shobha
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H S

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Oct 9, 2011, 9:33:36 AM10/9/11
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I guess Trichosanthes tricuspidata (Cucurbitaceae)

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Dr Pankaj Kumar

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Oct 9, 2011, 10:24:31 AM10/9/11
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I am not sure if those leaves belong to the plant. If yes then why not
Argyreia sp.
Pankaj
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H S

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Oct 9, 2011, 10:26:19 AM10/9/11
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Pankaj ji and all please note that i have wriiten name for fruit,, definately Leaves are of some Convolvulaceae member,,

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Pankaj Kumar

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Oct 9, 2011, 10:28:52 AM10/9/11
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No problems dear. I have this habit of asking questions but its never
meant at pointing fingers at others...just that when I ask questions,
I am one of the person whom it is addressed to, too!!!
Pankaj

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Balkar Singh

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Oct 9, 2011, 11:46:27 AM10/9/11
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Some mixing more pics needed to guess id
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J.M. Garg

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Mar 22, 2020, 6:51:33 AM3/22/20
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Fruits are of Trichosanthes bracteata (Lam.) Voigt as per Revision of the Trichosanthes tricuspidata – bracteata complex (Cucurbitaceae) in India- Savita Pandey, T.S. Rana and K.N. Nair- Rheedea Vol. 26 (2) 83-93 2016
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