While surfing the net I discovered an interesting thing. Dosakai cucumber or Mangalore cucumber is also known as yellow cucumber and often known as melon cucumber, being rounded in shape (I have seen them up to 10 cm across in California stores), usually yellowish brown with green speckles, but then in some writing the melon becomes lemon, the yellow colour is uniform and size of lemon, and believe me for both the alternate name is dosakai. I found it strange. Are we looking at two different cucumbers, or same?
-- 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 Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > I was in Dombivilli last year. I think you should submit a list of > what all you are growing in your balcony. Your balcony and Yazdy sir's > farm and make it up to Guiness book of world records :)) > I remember when we had our house on first floor I had garden on the > roof and staircase (huge one) and balcony (2). I had around 500 pots > and then we had lawn and a small tank which had some aquatic plants > too..... > I miss my garden!!! > Pankaj > > > On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 8:31 PM, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear friends, > > > > Sending photos of brown cucumber which was growing in our balcony garden. > > This vegetable videly used in South Indian dishes. > > In Malayalam we call it Vellarikka. > > > > > > Place : Dombivli > > Date : June 2009 > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Mani. > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" > > > Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) > Research Associate > Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project > Department of Habitat Ecology > Wildlife Institute of India > Post Box # 18 > Dehradun - 248001, India >
