Thanks Yazdi Ji. Just now I also read Dinesh Ji's mail where he has described and given a picture of it as well. Promila
On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 6:01 PM, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> wrote: > Promila Ji , I have just tried to find out what is Kachri and have > done so. This is definitely Kachri. Am attaching a picture of the > sliced fruit for the benefit of the group. Incidentally am copying the > link for Kachri here. > > http://www.google.co.in/search?q=Kachri&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&client=firefox-a&rlz=1R1GGGL_en___IN364 > Regards > Yazdy. > > On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 5:21 PM, promila chaturvedi > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is it Kachri? I have seen the plant with fruit in my childhood, and few > > years back got Kachri Ka Achar from Jaipur. It was considered poor folks > > food-plant those days. > > Promila > > On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Dear Dr. Gurcharan Singh Ji, > >> I have gone through the link sent by you. The fruit in question is not > >> one of these. This particular fruit is only around 2" in length and > >> around 1.2 to 1.5" in diameter. In Malayalam it is called aatanga. It > >> is bitter and the fruit when ripe has very little flesh most of it is > >> liquid and seeds. > >> Regards > >> I will add the cross section of the fruit a little later today. > >> Regards > >> Yazdy. > >> > >> On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > Here is some useful information on Indian cucumbers. > >> > 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 > >> >> 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. > >> >>>> > > >> >>> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > >
