Cucumis dipsaceus is the correct identity.
On 4 May 2013 17:58, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > This plant was uploaded by shivaprakash adavanne on 20-12-2009 in a mixed > thread > > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/Cucumis$20anguria/indiantreepix/Lz5x77g3hUs/Jzh_SfCeYrYJ > > The identification was suggested as Momordica dioica (with which it does > not resemble in leaves and very slender spines) by Rakesh ji, doubted by > Dinesh ji on basis of flower size, and finally identified by Vijayasankar > ji as C. anguria var. longaculeatus. > I had closer look at these photographs and the length and thickness of > spines on fruit, and found that C. anguria leaves are deeply lobed, spines > not that delicate. > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/Cucumis$20anguria/indiantreepix/nkYL7VBOwBg/EVMH8ZI9COIJ > > > I am more or less convinced that this plant may be Cucumis dipsaceus, > the real teasel gourd (although the name also applies sometimes to > Momordica dioica or M. subangulata). > Please give your opinion. > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > On Monday, February 1, 2010 7:22:05 PM UTC+5:30, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > >> Resurfacing again for ID >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://people.du.ac.in/~**singhg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: shivaprakash adavanne <[email protected]> >> Date: Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 2:28 PM >> Subject: [indiantreepix:25286] requesting id >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> hello, >> pl find attached few photos of cucurbitacea familiy; this creeper is >> found in almost all the places bordering agricultural fields/ debris >> dumping ground/ waste land and so on, in Mysore district. >> >> regards >> a.shivaprakash >> >> -- >> >> 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 indiantreepix+unsubscribe@* >> *googlegroups.com <indiantreepix%[email protected]>. >> For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** >> group/indiantreepix?hl=en<http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en> >> . >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> Associate Professor >> SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 >> http://people.du.ac.in/~**singhg45/ <http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/> >> >> > > > > -- SANTHOSH ------------------------------------------ Dr. E.S. Santhosh Kumar MSc, PhD, FIAT, FLS (on leave for 2 years) Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode Thiruvananthapuram-695562 Kerala India www.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com Presently working for the British Aerospace, Riyadh, KSA NB: Please consider your environmental responsibility! Ask yourself before printing this email !!! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
