Prof A.K.Pandey at Delhi University could be one of the guys to consult for this matter :) He expertises in the family Cucurbitaceae. Pankaj
On Wednesday, 26 June 2013 21:09:45 UTC+8, Gurcharan Singh wrote: > > Yesterday I photographed fruits sold in Delhi under the name Kakrol, the > fruits are turning yellow as they mature, almost rounded at the flower end > (not gradually narrowed) and important definitely longer than 5 cm, 5-7 cm > long. > > > I had earlier uploaded fruits of plant thought to be M. dioica > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/Momordica$20dioica/indiantreepix/ybpPnAow2X4/RGvr5zE5w9AJ > > Tanay suggested M. cochinchinensis, but perhaps my showing him true link > of M. cochinchinensis he retracted (I now think my plant is M. renigera) > In the same thread Balkar ji uploaded what looks like true M. dioica, with > yellow flowers lacking dark corolla spots, smaller fruits (less than 5 cm > long) distinctly narrowed towards flower end. > > Surajit ji uploaded a nicely illustrated plant without fruits, with > clearly dark spotted corolla which could identify it with M. > cochinchinensis or M. renigera > > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/Momordica$20cochinchinensis/indiantreepix/tmmOgn82pgg/W_A0MT3Iv2cJ > > Surajit backed it up with another upload with flowers and fruits in > different stages, and after I photographed fresh fruits two days back, I > feel Surajit's plant resembles mine from Delhi market sold as kakrol. My > fruits are broadly ovoid (not gradually narrowed like M. dioica) and 5-7 cm > long. > BOTH MY PLANT AS WELL AS ONE UPLOADED BY SURAJIT JI I FEEL IS M. RENIGERA > NOW KNOWN AS M. SUBANGULATA SUBSP. RENIGERA > > The same seems to true of plant uploaded by Vijayasankar ji as M. > cochinchinensis is also M. subangulata subsp. renigera. > > > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/indiantreepix/Momordica$20cochinchinensis/indiantreepix/0iL7vLSVB2Y/JIn573UHyLkJ > > Perhaps you will agree with me if see real fruits of Gac fruit, M. > cochinchinensis, with much larger fruits (10-15 cm in diam), yellow in > colour finally turning red, with more spaced shorter but stronger spines. > > http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=120267&flora_id=2 > > http://www.edibleblog.com/gac-fruit-a-wonderful-fruit/ > > > http://www.culturalembracebyapi.com/blog/2012/12/fathers-day-chiang-mai-and-exotic-fruits/ > > PERHAPS SOON SOME MEMBER WILL FIND AND UPLOAD M. COCHINCHINENSIS, THE GAC > FRUIT AND REMOVE THE CONFUSION OF APPLYING NAME KAKROL TO IT. > > > > -- > 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
