Gurumurthy ji Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis var. conomon has many forms in cultivation, differing from cucumber (with which they often been confused in past but have white flesh as against greenish white in cucumber). Some of these were earlier also separated under var. mukuwa Makino, and var. conomon (Thunb.) Makino under C. melo directly. These include 1. Malabar cucumber, golden yellow 2. Kani Vellari, golden yellow with green patches as above case 3. Chinese Dua gang similar with smaller fruits 4. Dosakai or Dosakaya with larger fruits with green patches turning brown when mature. All above used as vegetable 5. Korean melon, golden yellow with white sutures, used as table fruit.
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 Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Gurumurthi <[email protected]>wrote: > This particular fruits in the post are of a *cultivar* of *Cucumis melo*subsp. >> *agrestis.* >> > > Common Cucumis melo subsp. agrestis *will not* exceed 10 cm in length, > and will be* bitter* in taste before maturity. Whereas, > this particular cultivar (*Mangalore southe kaay*)grows upto *25cm x 20 > cm in size*, and will be *sweet (rather I can say, NOT BITTER) always*. > The pulp texture has a range of variation. > > This fruit in the picture is called *mage-kaayi/ moge-kaayi *in Coastal > Karnataka. > > A common vegetable in the backyard garden of my home too ! > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
