Neil ji Can you show the stalk with point of attachment of stalk to the fruit? It helps in identifying species of Cucurbita.
-- 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 Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 10:36 AM, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > Photographed in the backyard of my family bungalow in Khandala. Presume > this is Cucurbita maxima. > With regards, > Neil Soares. > > --- On *Fri, 10/8/10, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:49957] Cucurbita maxima cultivars > To: "Pankaj Kumar" <[email protected]> > Cc: "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, October 8, 2010, 8:50 PM > > > Pankaj ji > Pl. don't bet unless you in habit of regular losing. This variety is > established botanically also by some authors, the ovary has a knob at the > tip. > > *Cucurbita maxima *Duchesne convar. turbaniformis (M.J. Roem.) Grebenšč > *Cucurbita maxima *var.* turbaniformis *(M. Roemer) Alef. > *Cucurbita maxima *Duchesne var.* turbaniformis *(M. Roem.) L. H. Bailey, > *Cucurbita turbaniformis* M. Roem., Cucurbita turbaniformis (Rolm.) > Zhiten. > > > -- > 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 Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 12:07 AM, Pankaj Kumar > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > wrote: > > Whats that the last one.....I bet they must have tied the fruit with > some wire or rope in young condition....!! > Thanks for sharing. > Pankaj > > > > On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 10:27 AM, Rashida Atthar > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > wrote: > > Interesting names of the cultivars sir, and I found the turban squash > quite > > amusing ! I wonder who the designer is? > > regards, > > Rashida. > > > > On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 7:22 AM, tanay bose > > <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]>> > wrote: > >> > >> turban squash is something new for me > >> tanay > >> > >> On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 4:03 AM, Gurcharan Singh > >> <[email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > > > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> Here are some of the major cultivars of Cucurbita maxima in the stores > >>> here in California. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> 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/ > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Tanay Bose > >> Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant. > >> Department of Botany. > >> University of British Columbia . > >> 3529-6270 University Blvd. > >> Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > >> Phone: 778-323-4036 (Mobile) > >> 604-822-2019 (Lab) > >> [email protected]<http://us.mc339.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India > > > > > >
