I think this called ucche in bengali ! Karela though looks same is bigger in size and more elongated alonfg the long axis Tanay
On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 1:03 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >> > > > > -- *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]
