In Bangalore they call it Bangalore Baigan. The varieties I have seen
there has no spines unlike this one. I n the Internet also I haven't
seen any spiny one before this one. Thanks for the photo.
On Oct 8, 6:56 am, tanay bose <
tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote:
> One of my favorite vegetables
> tanay
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> On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 5:48 AM, Gurcharan Singh <
singh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > This plant Sechium edule also came into focus during discussion on sweet
> > Karela. This plant Chayote squash (common here in California stores) is also
> > sold in NE India mainly Sikkim, Darjeeling commonly under the name squash.
> > There is also a spiny Chayote squash variety here in markets sol under the
> > name espinoda. I wonder whether it has varietal distinction.
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