Here is a reply from "Madhuri Pejaver" ji <[email protected]>: "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"
2009/4/27 Sangeeta Swami <[email protected]> > 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 > > -- > He who neither rejoices, nor hates, nor grieves, nor desires, renouncing > good and evil, full of devotion, is dear to Me. (Gita XII/7) > > > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg "We often ignore the beauty around us" Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
