Got you Satish ji I will provide as many local names, as I have, in future.
-- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 9:16 PM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Madhuri ji for providing Marathi name. I was waiting to see that. > Unless the mail mentions the local or common name of the vegetable plant > the plant may be missed by some thinking that it is some very rare plant > with a different botanical name. > Members should keep this in mind. > Dr Phadke > > > On 10 May 2010 17:32, Madhuri Pejaver <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If in Marathi it is called as Kohala then the juice of it is used in papad >> ata to make them light. >> also from the fruit some dried pakodas are made which latter can be fried >> and cooked as curry. >> Madhuri >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Satish Chile <[email protected]> >> *To:* tanay bose <[email protected]> >> *Cc:* R. Vijayasankar <[email protected]>; indiatreepix < >> [email protected]> >> *Sent:* Sun, 9 May, 2010 11:51:22 AM >> *Subject:* Re: [efloraofindia:34358] Flora of Manipur: Benincasa hispida >> >> Vijaysankar ji, The fruits of *Benincasa hispida* are used for making >> "Petha" and also for Vadi. The later is used for the preparation of Curry. >> Satish >> >> On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 8:43 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear Vijayasankar Ji , >>> we Bengalis take the fruit as a vegetable but never the plant !!! Nice to >>> see a new veg in the menu . >>> Regards >>> Tanay >>> >>> On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 1:31 AM, R. Vijayasankar < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> *Benincasa hispida *(Cucurbitaceae). The tender twigs are sold >>>> as vegetable in Manipur markets. >>>> >>>> With regards >>>> >>>> R. Vijayasankar >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Tanay Bose >>> +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) >>> 9830439691(Mobile) >>> 9674221362 (Mobile) >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Satish Kumar Chile >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.

