Is it Ash Gourd creeper (270409YS1-3)
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Sangeeta Swami
Apr 27, 2009, 10:59:54 AM4/27/09
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A creeper from my kitchen garden growing on its own.
Large orange yellow flower is wide open in the morning, but shuts by 10 AM.
No fruti yet.
Wonder if it is Ash Gourd (Petha in Hindi)?
Regards,
Sangeeta
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Sangeeta Swami
Apr 28, 2009, 11:05:23 AM4/28/09
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From: Sangeeta Swami <yash.s...@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 27, 2009 8:29 PM
Subject: Is it Ash Gourd creeper (270409YS1-3)
To: Indiantreepix <indian...@googlegroups.com>
A creeper from my kitchen garden growing on its own.
Large orange yellow flower is wide open in the morning, but shuts by 10 AM.
No fruit as yet.
Wonder if it is Ash Gourd (Petha in Hindi)? Please confirm.
Regards,
Sangeeta
Devendra Bhardwaj
Apr 28, 2009, 9:38:53 PM4/28/09
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Hello Sangitaji,
I attach a link,But I m not sure.
Witj Regard
Devendra BHardwaj
cookislands.bishopmuseum.org/species.asp?id=5817
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J.M. Garg
Apr 29, 2009, 6:55:06 AM4/29/09
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I am also not sure. More links for Benincasa hispida (Petha): http://ranchiexpress.com/herbal/petha.htm (a pix with some details), http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/93/29293-004-054CE8DA.jpg (a pix), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Benincasa_hispida_Blanco2.323.png (an illustration), http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Benincasa+hispida (details).
With regards,
J.M.Garg
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Yazdy Palia
Apr 29, 2009, 7:53:47 AM4/29/09
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Hello Ms. Sangeethaji,
It could also be pumpkin. I have seen similar leaves in pumpkin too.
Regards
Yazdy.
It could also be pumpkin. I have seen similar leaves in pumpkin too.
Regards
Yazdy.
J.M. Garg
Apr 29, 2009, 8:01:41 AM4/29/09
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Thanks, Yazdy.
Flower at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Garden_jul2006_small.JPG under Wikipedia link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpkin seem to match. Other pictures of Pumpkin flowers etc.: http://images.google.co.in/images?hl=en&um=1&sa=1&q=pumpkin+flower&btnG=Search+Images&aq=f&oq=
I think, it may some Pumpkin species.
I think, it may some Pumpkin species.
2009/4/29 Yazdy Palia <yazdy...@gmail.com>
Anand Kumar Bhatt
Apr 29, 2009, 8:38:29 AM4/29/09
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There is an interesting site on the beauty of veggie flowers:
http://hubpages.com/hub/want_to_see_the_vegetable_flowers
To me pumpkin looks the nearest.
akbhatt
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And the photo site:
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http://hubpages.com/hub/want_to_see_the_vegetable_flowers
To me pumpkin looks the nearest.
akbhatt
Anand Kumar Bhatt
A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road
Gwalior. 474 005.
Tele: 0751-247 2233. Mobile 0 94253 09780.
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J.M. Garg
May 6, 2009, 9:01:03 AM5/6/09
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Here is a reply from "Madhuri Pejaver" ji <formp...@yahoo.com>:
"in one of the mail someone had send a picture of yellow flower belonging to cucurbitaceae family from the kitchen garden. the last mail i remember regarding the same was somebody identifying it as pumpkin flower confirmed, while question asked was whether it is ash gourd?
has the flower been identified?
according to me it is not pumpkin because the leaves of pumpkin are light green where as in the photo they were of blackish green colour.
it is a flower of cucurbitaceae no doubt. but then we can think what cucurbetaceae fruits were brought home and eaten because it was a kitchen garden flower.
it is not coccinia because flower is not white, leaves are large.
it is not bittergourd because flower is large and leaves are large and differenr.
it is not pumpkin as leaves are blackish green
it is not snake gourd or dudhi or madrasi cucumber as calledin local market, sautekai in kannada, small cucumber for the same reason.
neither water melon same reason
hence it can be white pumpkin????
what is ash gourd?
the cucurbitaceae flowers are unisexual ie seperate male and female flowers.. female flower has a overy with shape of the fruit it beares.
sometimes the plant itself is unisexual so we donot see the overy or female flower at all.
i request the sender to please check for the same.
was it sadhanaji?
madhuri"
according to me it is not pumpkin because the leaves of pumpkin are light green where as in the photo they were of blackish green colour.
it is a flower of cucurbitaceae no doubt. but then we can think what cucurbetaceae fruits were brought home and eaten because it was a kitchen garden flower.
it is not coccinia because flower is not white, leaves are large.
it is not bittergourd because flower is large and leaves are large and differenr.
it is not pumpkin as leaves are blackish green
it is not snake gourd or dudhi or madrasi cucumber as calledin local market, sautekai in kannada, small cucumber for the same reason.
neither water melon same reason
hence it can be white pumpkin????
what is ash gourd?
the cucurbitaceae flowers are unisexual ie seperate male and female flowers.. female flower has a overy with shape of the fruit it beares.
sometimes the plant itself is unisexual so we donot see the overy or female flower at all.
i request the sender to please check for the same.
was it sadhanaji?
madhuri"
2009/4/27 Sangeeta Swami <yash.s...@gmail.com>
Sangeeta Swami
May 6, 2009, 9:46:13 AM5/6/09
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Sure, will check up. But I am a novice, do not understand the complexities of botany. Basically, I am an enjoyer of flora and fauna.
Sangeeta
Tabish
May 6, 2009, 10:56:51 AM5/6/09
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I think this is Pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo). There are various cultivars
of it, with small differences.
By the way, you can see many flowers from the Pumpkin family on this
page:
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/famwise-frame15.html
Best wishes
- Tabish
On May 6, 6:46 pm, Sangeeta Swami <yash.sange...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sure, will check up. But I am a novice, do not understand the complexities
> of botany. Basically, I am an enjoyer of flora and fauna.
>
> Sangeeta
>
> On 5/6/09, J.M. Garg <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
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>
> > Here is a reply from "Madhuri Pejaver" ji <formpeja...@yahoo.com>:
of it, with small differences.
By the way, you can see many flowers from the Pumpkin family on this
page:
http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/famwise-frame15.html
Best wishes
- Tabish
On May 6, 6:46 pm, Sangeeta Swami <yash.sange...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sure, will check up. But I am a novice, do not understand the complexities
> of botany. Basically, I am an enjoyer of flora and fauna.
>
> Sangeeta
>
>
>
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> > Here is a reply from "Madhuri Pejaver" ji <formpeja...@yahoo.com>:
sibdas
May 6, 2009, 11:13:08 AM5/6/09
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To add to the long discussion by Madhuri ji I like to add that it is
not definitely an ash gourd. Only likely is it is Cucurbita pepo.
Madhuriji thinks it not not because leaves are darker in colour, but
there are varieties with dark coloured leaves as var. dynea and
others. More over only in some pumpkins you will see these white
streaks along leave veination. It is definitely a vegetable commonly
eaten and the seeds escape outside the kitchen, where they grow
luxuriously. Many people are unware of their identity. In the western
countries Gourd figures are prepared during the Halloween festivals.
The seeds escape and grow, many wonder what the plants are. I was
several times summoned to identify the plants by my neighbours
(knowing my interests in plants). May I request Sangeeta ji to rear
the plants upto fruiting and see what it turns to.
On May 6, 6:01 pm, "J.M. Garg" <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here is a reply from "Madhuri Pejaver" ji <formpeja...@yahoo.com>:
> 2009/4/27 Sangeeta Swami <yash.sange...@gmail.com>
not definitely an ash gourd. Only likely is it is Cucurbita pepo.
Madhuriji thinks it not not because leaves are darker in colour, but
there are varieties with dark coloured leaves as var. dynea and
others. More over only in some pumpkins you will see these white
streaks along leave veination. It is definitely a vegetable commonly
eaten and the seeds escape outside the kitchen, where they grow
luxuriously. Many people are unware of their identity. In the western
countries Gourd figures are prepared during the Halloween festivals.
The seeds escape and grow, many wonder what the plants are. I was
several times summoned to identify the plants by my neighbours
(knowing my interests in plants). May I request Sangeeta ji to rear
the plants upto fruiting and see what it turns to.
On May 6, 6:01 pm, "J.M. Garg" <jmga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Here is a reply from "Madhuri Pejaver" ji <formpeja...@yahoo.com>:
Madhuri Pejaver
May 6, 2009, 11:28:45 AM5/6/09
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thats great and invite all of us to finish the pumpkin puries, pakodas whatever you prepare
best luck for identification and our party
madhuri
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sibdas ghosh
May 8, 2009, 5:05:58 AM5/8/09
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