Thanks Santhosh ji. Good that I reinvestigated this.
-- 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 Mon, May 6, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Dr Santhosh Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > 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.
