Thank you very very much Garg ji for stitching this thread with the updates. Thanks Gurcharan ji, Vijayasankar ji and Dr Renner for your thoughts. Hopefully we get the ID of these Western Ghats' *Zehneria* sorted out.
Regards. Dinesh On Wed, Dec 4, 2013 at 8:38 PM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > As per another > thread<https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/indiantreepix/x6vRrW0cRfc> > : > "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" > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> > Date: 3 April 2012 22:23 > Subject: [efloraofindia:112652] Cucurbitaceae Week :: Zehneria scabra at > Kas and Mahabaleshwar > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > *Zehneria scabra * Sond. > > > > - *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%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf-XnKALJLi4ZvWhItDcjW2mcyZrg> > > > [image: Zehneria > scabra]<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> > Sep 28, 2008 ... on Kas plateau, Maharashtra > > > > *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.in%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FWild%2520Cucumber.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfZYGnZ_hw4JesM79BsC7AzBpm8Sg>• > M.M.P.N.D.<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au%2FSorting%2FZehneria.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzch4Rb94d0EO9ooXPbPWI9oqJk2_Q>• > *Further > Flowers of Sahyadri* by Shrikant Ingalhalikar > > > *more views*: > > - Sep 28, 2008 ... on Kas plateau, Maharashtra > [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> > - Aug 26, 2010 ... at Kate's Point, Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra > [image: Musmusa (Hindi: > मुसमुसा)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F4954615996%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcWdP-oH_HxwCCyw9MeRTKo97dleQ> > - Aug 26, 2010 ... at Arthur's Seat, Mahabaleshwar, Maharashtra > [image: Lam Thabi (Manipuri: লম > থবী)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F4955604163%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeXcj-16FxeY9DdQRxNBd-wgaCDlw> > > > > > > Regards. > Dinesh > > > > -- > 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 2190 members & > 1,72,300 messages on 31/10/13) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 9000 species & 1,80, 000 images). > 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.
