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" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
