Thanks Prof. Singh ji, the fotos got mixed up. The Foto 9233 is supposed to be Zichorie. I did not find Zichorie on the net. The Zichorie in your foto is known here as Zichorie too, it comes from Belgium, We either make salad from it with orange or Klementinen( i sent the foto yesterday) or fry alittle in Butter and just with a little salt and pepper eat it, mainly with crisp bread. In 9232 is Brinjal in the middle, but i never saw such round ones. In 9234 it is in the front from left to right Brinjal, Zucchini, and Dudhi ( it looked like Dudhi) ind thebeack row left is cucumber, so told me the vendor, and to the right Brinjal whick is common here. Small Brinjal as in Maharashtra I have never seen here.
Wo what is in the foto 9233? Regards Nalini ----- Original Message ----- From: Gurcharan Singh To: Na Bha Cc: Pankaj Kumar ; mani nair ; [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 2:13 AM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:60184] Fruits & Vegetable week - Brown cucumber? from Apulien Nabha ji To me the third photo does not have Zichorie (the chicory; Cichorium intybus), nor yellow cucumber. It looks like we have two types of brinjal, Zucchini (C. pepo), Mediterranean squash (C. pepo) and some cucurbit but not cucumber. Zichorie is different: http://www.fotosearch.de/PTC122/013313/ Stores in California also have Radichhio, I will upload it separately. -- 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 11:06 PM, Na Bha <[email protected]> wrote: These Fotos were taken in Apulien (Italy) in Sept. 2010. The cucumber looked strange to me. never saw round ones. Just wonder, if they are Brown cucumber. Also the aubergines are round. The third foto shows Zichorie (so the vendor). But I have seen different zichorie. Experts plz comment. Regards Nalini ----- Original Message ----- From: Gurcharan Singh To: Pankaj Kumar Cc: mani nair ; [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 6:08 PM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:60171] Fruits & Vegetable week - Brown cucumber 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
