Gurcharan ji,
thanks for your feed back. I havn't eaten the fruits yet so i can take more
fotos and send them here.
Well. sweet karela was also not known to me, till ivisited sikkim. It was sold
in one shop where we stopped for Lunch and if i remember ok, the hotel and the
sho were on the main road to Gangtok along the Teesta river. Perhaps there are
people from Sikkim or Bengal in the group who may have some more ideas.
The fruits are longish, the tip is bent a bit, and the fruits have a few (3 or
4) thorn like things, but very thin like hair perhaps 1 to 1,5 cm long
Here one can read about sweet karela
http://www.livemint.com/2008/10/31232217/The-secrets-of-Sikkim.html but the
picture is not of s.k.
in www.avani-kumaon.org/annual_reports/anrep04-05(E).doc there a ref to s.k.
Perhaps there are people from Sikkim or Bengal in the group who may have some
more ideas.
Regards
Nalini
----- Original Message -----
From: Gurcharan Singh
To: nabha meghani ; indiantreepix
Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 2:29 PM
Subject: [indiantreepix:17862] Re: sweet karela
Nabha ji
you seem to have found a and photographed one of the least known plants.
Meetha karela, Bhaat karela, Kheksa, Padora, Kakaura, Kaksa all names of
spinegourd, A plant with many virtues, and botanically Momordica dioica Roxb.
Your plant is is not clearly this species. There is no information on
the net, not even common names of what I think is your plant, perhaps
Gomphogyne cissiformis Griff, growing in Kumaon, Sikkim and Lachoong.
You have to confirm the size of fruit (length), size of seed, and
whether latter has small tubercles (teeth like structures) at ends.
The plant is very poory known, and my identification is purely on the
basis of scanty information. It needs critical scrutiny by other members.
Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College
University of Delhi, Delhi
India
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45
----- Original Message -----
From: nabha meghani
To: indiantreepix
Sent: Monday, September 07, 2009 2:23 AM
Subject: [indiantreepix:17814] sweet karela
Hallo,
in Feb 2009 I visited Sikkim. One Sabjiwala gave me some seeds of sweet
karela. I put them in a pot in April.
In the beginning it did not want to grow, the summer was very dry. Now it
is raining a lot and the Karelas are getting bigger everyday.
I shall be able to harvest 7 Karelas now.
I shall enjoy eating karelasabji and remembering my trip to Sikkim.
Until my visit to Sikkim I did not know that Karelas are also sweet. I knew
only the bitter ones.
Does this Plant have an ID?
Regards
Nalini
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