Rakesh Ji, Thanks a lot for the clarification and additional information. I take it as Coccinea grandis. Regards, Aarti
On Thu, Jan 2, 2020 at 10:50 PM dr.rakesh Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > As much as I know , wild ones are not bitter .I regularly see poors , > particularly road and construction workers , picking it from wild vines . > Occasional bitter ones , yes . > Cucurbits can be bitter occasionally , I know from experience . Our Indian > Desi Cucumber is famous for bitterness , particularly on caudal end and > sometimes whole . Luffa cylindrica , Luffa acutangula , Lagenaria vulgaris > , Trichosanthes dioica , Kakdi ... bitter pieces are encountered time and > again . In Coccinea grandis , what is grown is a selection and propagation > of non-bitter variety year on year . When a farmer encounters bitter vine , > he will simply uproot it . > Dinesh sir , in Gujarat it is called Giloda and Tindoda . > In Bihar , Kundari . > I left home in 85 . Till then Coccinea grandis was not introduced as > vegetable , at least in my area (Siwan) and in Patna and Bhagalpur .But > diabetics were known to gather it from wild vines and use it as vegetable . > Interestingly , wild growth was known as Tirkol तिरकोल . By 95 it was an > established vegetable in markets of Bihar . I came to Gujarat in 96 and it > was already there . > > > On Thu, Jan 2, 2020, 19:34 Aarti S. Khale <[email protected]> wrote: > >> My first post for this year. >> A lot of these climber were seen by the roadside on the way from Baroda >> to Rajpipla. >> The local driver said that these were wild, bitter to taste and not >> eaten. >> Are these any different from the ones we eat as a vegetable? >> To me they looked the same. >> Aarti >> >> -- >> 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 view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAJ6xDqZw7H-ai2ZC8Rr2gcBSg86PQrMadhnsE_xuTt8MkOBzWg%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAJ6xDqZw7H-ai2ZC8Rr2gcBSg86PQrMadhnsE_xuTt8MkOBzWg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/indiantreepix/CAJ6xDqYqu2Xrnwn85kwnHMQmTk5m--cJHVUyhn75oQ-y6tP_wg%40mail.gmail.com.
