Here is some useful information on Indian cucumbers. http://www.seedsofindia.com/category/Cucumbers-18
<http://www.seedsofindia.com/category/Cucumbers-18> -- 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 11:57 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *I think it is cucumber only Cucumis sativus var. sativus, though not > common garden cucumber. Cucumbers some in a variety of shapes and sizes, all > characterised by young fruits with few or many tubercles. This one could be > the pickling cucumber:* > * > * > *http://www.foodsubs.com/Squcuke.html* > * > * > * <http://www.foodsubs.com/Squcuke.html>Mani ji, it would be useful if you > could send photograph of young female flower with ovary in focus and also if > possible a ripe fruit to settle the issue.* > * > * > *-- > 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 PM, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Nice photo Dinesh ji, We use this in Dal and Arvi. I had a plant >> growing in our balcony. I will send a photo of it later. >> >> Regards, >> >> Mani. >> >> On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 9:45 AM, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> This is not cucumber. It is a wild fruit, we have a lot of discussion >>> recently. It is normally found around cowsheds as the animals enjoy >>> the fruits in the wild and the seeds sprout from the dried cattle >>> dropping. We have a lot of it in our area. >>> Regards >>> Yazdy. >>> >>> On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 12:07 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > Cucumis sativus >>> > >>> > >>> > KOO-koo-mis -- from the Greek kykyon meaning, cucumber >>> > sa-TEE-vus -- cultivated >>> > >>> > >>> > commonly known as: cucumber • Arabic: خيار khiyar • Assamese: তিয়ঁহ >>> tiyoh, >>> >>> > তিঁহু tihu • Bengali: শশা sasa • Gujarati: કાકડી kakadi • Hindi: खीरा >>> khira >>> > • Kannada: ಸೌತೆಕಾಯಿ sautekayi • Kashmiri: लौरू loru • Konkani: तौशे >>> taushe • >>> > Lushai: fang-hma • Malayalam: വെള്ളരി vellari • Manipuri: থবী thabi • >>> > Marathi: काकडी kakadi, कांकडी kankadi, खिरा khira, तवशी tavashi • >>> Nepalese: >>> > काँक्रो kankro, खिर् khir, खिरो khiro, खिर्-काँक्रि khir-kakri • Oriya: >>> > kakudi • Persian: خيار khiyar • Prakrit: खीरओ khira-o • Punjabi: ਖੀਰਾ >>> khira >>> > • Sanskrit: अल्पणः alpanah, अल्पणकः alpanakah, चर्भटी charbati, >>> ईर्वारुः >>> > irvaaruh, क्षीरकः kshirakah, त्रपुलम् trapulam, त्रपुसम् trapusam • >>> Sindhi: >>> > وَنگيِ vangii • Tamil: வெள்ளரி vellari • Telugu: దోస dosa, కీర kira • >>> Urdu: >>> > کهيرا khira >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > Attached views from town of Pali (famous for one of super eight temples >>> of >>> > Lord Ganesha) >>> > ... these were posted in earlier thread for ID query ... resolved by >>> > Gurcharan ji. >>> > ... more views at >>> > http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=91314344%40N00&q=Cucumissativus&m=tags >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > Regards. >>> > >>> >> >> > > > >
