Any chance of mature fruit of this very plant? It would be interesting.
-- 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 Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>wrote: > Cucurbitaceae (pumpkin, or gourd family) » *Cucurbita maxima* > > > *koo-KER-bih-ta* -- Latin name for the gourd > *MAKS-ih-muh* -- largest > > > *commonly known as*: giant pumpkin, great pumpkin, melon pumpkin, pumpkin, > red gourd, red pumpkin, squash, squash gourd, turks cap gourd, winter squash > • Assamese: ৰঙা ranga • Bengali: চালকুমড়ো calakumro, কুষ্মাণ্ড kusmanda • > Gujarati: લાલ કોળું lal kolu • Hindi: लाल कद्दू lal kaddu, लाल कुम्हड़ा lal > qumra, काशीफल kashiphal • Kannada: ಕಂದು ಗುಬಳ kandu gumbala, ಕುಂಬಳಕಾಯಿ > kumbalakaayi, ಕೂಷ್ಮಾಂಡ kushmaanda • Kashmiri: अल् al, तुम्बी tumbi • > Konkani: दुद्दे dudde • Lushai: lêng-kêl mai • Malayalam: vellarimathan • > Manipuri: mairel • Marathi: लाल भोपळा lal bhopala, तांबडा भोपळा tambada > bhopala • Mizo: mai • Oriya: kumda, mai • Punjabi: ਹਲਵਾ ਕਦੂੱ halwa kaddu, > ਮਿੱਠਾ ਕਦੂੱ mittha kaddu • Sanskrit: कुष्माण्डकः kusmandakah, पीतकुष्माण्डः > pitakusmandah • Tamil: சர்க்கரைப்பூசணி carkkarai-p-pucani, சீமைப்பூசனி > cimai-p-pucani, பறங்கிக்காய் paranki-k-kay • Telugu: గుమ్మడి gummadi > > > *Native of*: s South America; widely cultivated; occasionally found as an > escape > > > *Edible use*: > >> ... the fruit (as VEGETABLE) >> ... most parts of the pumpkin are edible, including the fleshy shell, the >> seeds, the leaves, and even the flowers ... >> Wikipedia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpkin> >> > > > *some facts*: > >> ... one of the most diverse domesticated species, perhaps with more >> cultivated forms than any other crop >> ... all giant pumpkins (100+ lbs) are of this species, including the >> largest pumpkins ever documented, which have attained a size of over 1750 >> lbs. >> Quoted from Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbita_maxima> >> > > > > > >
