Luffa aegyptiaca ----- "Jinga" in Bengali tanay On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 5:33 PM, promila chaturvedi < [email protected]> wrote:
> Is it also known as Torai in North India? > Promila > > On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Yes Neil ji >> Luffa aegyptiaca >> >> -- >> 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 9:29 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> This is Luffa aegyptiaca [Luffa cylindrica] locally called Ghosali / >>> Ghosalava. Tender fruit are used as vegetable. Will send my photographs >>> later. >>> Regards, >>> Neil Soares. >>> >>> --- On *Sat, 10/9/10, ushaprabha page <[email protected]>* wrote: >>> >>> >>> From: ushaprabha page <[email protected]> >>> Subject: [efloraofindia:50066] one more from cucurbitaceae >>> To: [email protected] >>> Date: Saturday, October 9, 2010, 9:47 AM >>> >>> >>> for further id pl. >>> we call it `Ghosavale` in marathi. >>> we prepair Bhjjiyas, rayata and also use as vegetable. >>> Dried fruit is used as scrobber. >>> sending flower and fruit photos. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> > -- *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]
