Fruits & Vegetables Week: Cucumis sativus and its cultivars

[Gurcharan Singh]

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From: Gurcharan Singh <sing...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 12:21 PM
Subject: Cucumis sativus the cucumber plant
To: efloraofindia <indian...@googlegroups.com>


I am uploading Cucumis sativus var. sativus the common cucumber characterised by small tubercles on young fruits which disappear in mature fruits. 

I am also uploading Dosakai a fruit often sold in Indian markets especially South India, a yellow nearly spherical cucumber, often added to sambar, soup, daal and also for making Dosa-Avakaya pickle and chutney. It is frequently sold in Guntur. Members are requested to find and upload photographs of plant and fruit from India. This one was being sold in an Indian store here.

Also in the focus should be C. sativus var. sikkimensis, Sikkim or Nepal cucumber. It is common in Eastern parts of India. 

Members from Western India should locate and upload Puneri cucumber, also known as Poona kheera a light yellow delicious cucumber.

And finally C. sativus var. hardwickii, the wild bitter cucumber growing in NW India. 

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Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Retired  Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007
Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018.
Phone: 011-25518297  Mob: 9810359089
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/

[J.M. Garg]

Dosakai is confirmed as Cucumis melo as per discussions in another thread.

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J.M.Garg

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