Satish ji Unfortunately the name pumpkin could apply to any of the following species: Cucurbita maxima, C. pepo, C. moschata and C. mixta. There are so many cultivars to confuse us. Let us see if we gain any valuable information from uploads on coming Friday and Saturday. The photographs of ripe fruits should help in actual identification.
-- 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, Oct 4, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> wrote: > I think this is a climber of Pumpkin what we eat as vegetable. Please > validate. > Male and female flower seen in DSCN9920 > This was growing wild near a Trash container in Pune city. > Dr Phadke >
