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chitralekha P

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Nov 12, 2010, 8:26:47 AM11/12/10
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Please identify the cucurbit.
Found growing wild in JNU campus. Flowers and fruits in Sept.-Oct. Flowers are about 1cm and mature fruit is about 5-8cm long. Fruit turned yellow on ripening.
 
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P.Chitralekha

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Dinesh Valke

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Nov 12, 2010, 8:40:41 AM11/12/10
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... looks like Cucumis melo ssp. agrestis (syn. Cucumis melo agrestis, Cucumis melo var. agrestis) ... commonly known as: senat seed, small gourd, wild musk melon • Gujarati: કચરી kachari • Hindi:  कचरी kachari, कचरिया kachariya • Konkani: चिबडिण chibdin • Marathi: शिंडे shinde • Nepalese: gurmi • Rajasthani: कचरी kachari


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tanay bose

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Nov 12, 2010, 10:08:18 AM11/12/10
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Cucumis melo from me too
tanay
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Department of Botany.
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Chitralekha

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Nov 13, 2010, 1:08:59 PM11/13/10
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Thanks for the identification.
Regards,
Chitralekha

On Nov 12, 8:08 pm, tanay bose <tanaybos...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *Cucumis melo from me too*
> *tanay
> *
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 5:40 AM, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com>wrote:
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> > ... looks like *Cucumis melo *ssp.* agrestis* (syn. *Cucumis melo agrestis
> > *, *Cucumis melo* var. *agrestis*) ... commonly known as: senat seed,
> > small gourd, wild musk melon • Gujarati: કચરી kachari • Hindi:  कचरी
> > kachari, कचरिया kachariya • Konkani: चिबडिण chibdin • Marathi: शिंडे shinde
> > • Nepalese: gurmi • Rajasthani: कचरी kachari
>
> > Please wait for comment(s).
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> > Regards.
>
> > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 6:56 PM, chitralekha P <p_chitrale...@yahoo.co.in>wrote:
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> >> Please identify the cucurbit.
> >> Found growing wild in JNU campus. Flowers and fruits in Sept.-Oct. Flowers
> >> are about 1cm and mature fruit is about 5-8cm long. Fruit turned yellow on
> >> ripening.
>
> >> Regards,
> >> P.Chitralekha
>
> --
> *Tanay Bose*
> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant.
> Department of Botany.
> University of British Columbia .
> 3529-6270 University Blvd.
> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada)
> Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile)
>             604-822-2019 (Lab)
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