Forwarding again for any assistance in the matter please. Some earlier relevant feedback:
Thanks Gurcharan ji for the revisit. My understanding about C. prophetarum is that its fruits are spiny (may be variable from softly echinate to tuberculate) and with vertical striations of dark and light green bands. This is based on our collection from Bellary dt., Karnataka that also looked exactly as shown in this link<http://www.kcb-samen.ch/shop/?cPath=1403_1425&osCsid=25cd>as C. prophetarum. If I am confused, I think I am not alone :) pl see this thread<https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en&fromgroups#!topic/indiantreepix/ATuGjhesR7M> . Flora of Pakistan<http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=108642>describes the fruits of this species as "...softly echinate OR tuberculate" in the key. ENVIS checklist of Flora of TN<http://tnenvis.nic.in/tnenvis_old/PDF/floralchecklist.xls>as well as Fl.Pres.Madras (attached) do not list C. sativus var. hardwickii. They however enlist C. prophetarum. As per the literature, C. sativus var. hardwickii (or C. hardwickii) is restricted to northern India and some say only western Himalaya and FoC mentions NE India. In this situation, I eagerly look forward to know the id the plant that is found wild in southern India. If C. prophetarum has only the form as shown in the links given by you, then I realize that I am yet to see the species. Since you corrected me a couple of times, I am cautious now. But the older threads need to be updated too. Thank you Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> Date: 28 May 2013 22:43 Subject: [efloraofindia:156152] The elusive Cucumis prophetarum To: efloraofindia <[email protected]>, Vijayasankar Raman < [email protected]> Dear members I was just checking some Curcurbitaceae uploads, and noticed that in at least 8 threads C. prophetarum was suggested as identification of the plant, which mostly turned out to be Cucumis sativus var. hardwickii, and one as Cyclanthera, and none to date as C. prophetarum. I request members to hunt for the plants of C. prophetarum and upload the same. It would be a real addition to the group. Here is how it will look. http://www.arkive.org/cucumis/cucumis-prophetarum/image-G122362.html http://aquiya.skr.jp/zukan/Cucumis_prophetarum.html http://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cucumis_prophetarum.JPG I would especially request Vijayasankar ji, who was involved in almost all the threads. -- 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/ -- 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. -- With regards, J.M.Garg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group (largest in the world): http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2110 members & 1,56,000 messages on 31/5/13) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 8500 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'. -- 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.
