This could be *Zehneria bodinieri* (Lévl.) W.J. de Wilde & Duyfjes Key features: Male inflorescences a peduncled raceme; male raceme short, flowering part up to 1 cm long; pedicel of female flower 3–10 mm long. Fruit ca. 1 cm diam.
Reference: De Wilde WJJO, Duyfjes BEE (2004b) *Zehneria *(Cucurbitaceae) in Thailand, with a note on the Indian *Zehneria maysorensis*. Thai Forest Bulletin, Botany 32: 15–31. Regards Vijayasankar ------------------------------------------------------------------- Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Good one Dinesh ji > > > -- > 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 Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 8:20 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > >> [image: ... Kas >> skyline]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F8035015844%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcDVdj__6tKTqSABRfvEGMun25Rew> >> Kas >> plateau ... about 4000 ft asl >> ... one of the 39 World Heritage sites in the Western Ghats of India >> ------------------------------ >> 28 SEP 08 >> * Zehneria scabra * Sond. ... (family: Cucurbitaceae) >> *zy-NER-ee-uh* -- named in memory of Joseph Zehner, botanical artist of >> Vienna >> *SKAY-bruh* or *SKAB-ruh* -- rough ... Dave's >> Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2Fsearch.php%3Fsearch_text%3Dscabra&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdOZf5fhHjOgJ738xwhvuRC7Zztvw> >> >> *commonly known as*: Cape zehneria, South African zehneria, wild >> cucumber • *Hindi*: मुसमुसा musmusa • *Marathi*: चिरटी chirati • >> *Manipuri*: লম থবী lam thabi • *Tamil*: naai pagal • *Telugu*: >> కూతురుబుడమ kuturu-budama • *Urdu*: مسمسا musmusa >> >> *Distribution*: tropical and south Africa, west Asia, Indian peninsula, >> Malesia >> >> *References*: Flowers of >> India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FCape%2520Zehneria.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdywyM2L3jx3xVvhOSw2JMOJSNQ8w>• >> *Further >> Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar >> [image: Zehneria scabra >> Sond.]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2902331606%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcB_q-yU2cM_6jZo1ej8H0jr62_dQ> >> >> [image: Chirati (Marathi: >> चिरटी)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2902334160%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfvjL3TyDWVeK-LA3fauIJbk9gRHg> >> Regards. >> Dinesh >> >> -- >> >> >> >> > > > > > -- > > > > -- 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.
