*Dosakai* is confirmed as *Cucumis melo *as per discussions in another thread<https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en-GB#!topic/indiantreepix/nT8Mqi6DqtA> .
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> Date: 4 April 2012 11:53 Subject: [efloraofindia:112705] Cucurbitaceae Week: Cucumis sativus cultivars To: [email protected] Here are some of the cultivars of Cucumis sativus <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-GfD_nXj7TMA/T3vmL6mjsbI/AAAAAAAAAtQ/7SQyS_XVRNA/s1600/Cucumis-sativus-Dosakai-California-1.jpg> Dosakai cucumber is nearly rounded yellow cucumber from India, commonly cooked as curry, added to sambar, daal and soup and in making pickle dosa-aavakaaya. Also grown and sold in California where it was photographed. <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-_Aiypt99P8k/T3vnPpeyA3I/AAAAAAAAAtg/tsPu5xhHZyo/s1600/Cucumis-sativus-sativus-pickle-Calfonia-1.jpg> Cucumis-sativus-sativus-pickle-Calfonia-1 the small fruited form commonly used for making pickles. <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-zXHIdOogbhk/T3vn2v5_oOI/AAAAAAAAAts/tpPuXZawXFo/s1600/Cucumis-sativus-WANGAN_Rajasthan-2.jpg> Cucumis-sativus-WANGAAN_Rajasthan-2 This interesting cultivar commonly grown and sold in Raasthan has no information available on net, or known to me. My daughter-in-law who hails from Karanpur near Ganganagar brought these fruits known as Wangaan, commonly used as cucumber there. Any information would be welcomed. Gurcharan Singh -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
