Dear friends, please bear with me .... my cucurbits are causing confusion !!! Hoping the confusion will get resolved sooner or later (else, there are several photos in my photostream which will lose their identities !!!!!)
Regards. On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Yazdy Palia <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes Madhuri Ji, Cucumber in Kannada is Sautekai. > This though is not saute kai. > Regards > Yazdy. > > On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Madhuri Pejaver <[email protected]> > wrote: > > in kannada called as soutekai > > madhuri > > > > ________________________________ > > From: mani nair <[email protected]> > > To: Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > > Cc: Yazdy Palia <[email protected]>; Dinesh Valke > > <[email protected]>; efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > Sent: Sat, 9 October, 2010 3:41:23 PM > > Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:50082] NATIVE :: Cucurbitaceae (pumpkin, or > > gourd family) » Cucumis sativus > > > > Dear Gurcharan ji, sorry, what I meant was another cucurbit which is > known > > as Brown cucumber which we use as a vegetable in Dal. I was confused by > > the Malayalam name "Vellari". I think the cucurbit in Dinesh ji's photo > is > > the wild cucumber which is bitter in taste and in Malayalam it is called > > "aatanga" , I do not know the English name of it. I am attaching two > photos > > taken last year of the Brown cucumber which was growing in a pot. Sorry, > I > > did not take any flower photo. > > Regards, > > Mani. > > > > not brown cucumber, but it is a bitter variety of cucumber which nobody > > eats. In Malayalam Vellarikka is the brown cucumber, which we put in dal. > > > > On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 12:27 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/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> > >> > >> > >> 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. > >>>> > > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > >
