Sorry Prof. Singh. These are the only 2 photographs I have at present. Will take some more when I go there again. Regards, Neil.
--- On Fri, 10/8/10, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: From: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:49957] Cucurbita maxima cultivars To: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]> Cc: "Pankaj Kumar" <[email protected]>, "efloraofindia" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, October 8, 2010, 11:19 PM 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]> 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]> 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]> wrote: >> >> turban squash is something new for me >> tanay >> >> On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 4:03 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[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] >> > > -- *********************************************** "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
