I think this plant grows only in high altitudes. The Tamil word, 'Seemai-kathirikai' means Country-brinjal
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 11:37 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > I knew it as Chayote squash as sold in American markets. I have seen in in > Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri, sold as squash but never heard the name Bengal > Brinjal. Markets here in california also sell a spiny cultivar known as > "Espinoda" > > > -- > 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 Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 9:53 PM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Very common in Northeastern hills >> tanay >> >> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 9:38 PM, Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> This Tropical American plant is called as 'Seema-Kathirikkai, Chow-chow' >>> in Tamil. >>> >>> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 9:33 AM, Vijayasankar >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Called as 'Bangalore Brinjal'. Commonly cultivated for its vegetable >>>> fruits. >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------- >>>> Vijayasankar Raman, Ph.D. >>>> Post Doctoral Research Associate >>>> National Center for Natural Products Research >>>> Thad Cochran Research Center >>>> University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 38677 >>>> Phone: +1 662 915 1018 >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Muthu Karthick, N >>> Junior Research Fellow >>> Care Earth Trust >>> #15, second main road, >>> Thillai ganga nagar, >>> Chennai - 600 061 >>> Mob: 09626833911 >>> www.careearthtrust.org >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *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) >> 604-822-6089 (Fax) >> [email protected] >> >> > > > -- > 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/ > > -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust #15, second main road, Thillai ganga nagar, Chennai - 600 061 Mob: 09626833911 www.careearthtrust.org
