Nabha ji Your first link did not open. The second link leads to page that lists Sweet karela, but as I told you earlier, most people know sweet karela as Momordica dioica. Your plant is much different from this.
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: Gurcharan Singh ; indiantreepix Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 5:18 PM Subject: Re: [indiantreepix:17862] Re: sweet karela 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
