thats great and invite all of us to finish the pumpkin puries, pakodas whatever you prepare best luck for identification and our party madhuri
--- On Wed, 6/5/09, sibdas <[email protected]> wrote: > From: sibdas <[email protected]> > Subject: [indiantreepix:11726] Re: Is it Ash Gourd creeper (270409YS1-3) > To: "indiantreepix" <[email protected]> > Date: Wednesday, 6 May, 2009, 8:43 PM > > 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 > > > Cricket on your mind? Visit the ultimate cricket website. Enter http://beta.cricket.yahoo.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
