Yes Dinesh ji I had also seen plants with light coloured flowers in my apartment complex in Delhi.
-- 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 12:04 PM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > *Momordica charantia* (syn. *Momordica muricata, Momordica zeylanica*) > > mo-MOR-di-ka -- from the word to bite, reference to the seeds which look > bitten > char-AN-tee-a -- a pre-Linnean name, used as the specific epithet of > Momordica charantia > > > *commonly known as*: balsam pear, bitter gourd • Assamese: কেৰেলা karela • > Bengali: করলা karala • Gujarati: કારેલું karelu • Hindi: करेला karela, > कठिल्ल kathilla, परारु poraru • Kannada: ಹಾಗಲಕಾಯಿ haagalakaayi • Kashmiri: > करेल् karel • Konkani: काराते kaaraate • Lushai: chang-kha • Malayalam: > കയ്പ്പ kayppa, പാവയ്ക്ക pavaykka • Manipuri: কারোন অখাবী karon akhabi • > Marathi: आंबलें ambalem, कारली karali, कारेती kareti • Mizo: changkha • > Nepalese: अमला amala, करेलो karelo • Oriya: changkha • Punjabi: ਕਰੇਲਾ karela > • Sanskrit: कारवेल्लकः kaarvellakah, कटिल्लः kathillah, परारु paraaru, सुषवी > sushavi, ऊर्ध्वासितः urdhvaasitah • Sindhi: ڪَريلو karelo • Tamil: இராசவள்ளி > iraca-valli, பாகற்காய் pagakkai • Telugu: కాకర kakara • Tibetan: su sa ba • > Tulu: ಕಂಚಲ kanchala • Urdu: کريلا karela > > > Attached views from town of Pali (famous for one of super eight temples of > Lord Ganesha). > ... more views at > http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314344%40N00&q=Momordicacharantia&m=tags > > > > Regards. >
