It does look like Trichosanthes. You may confirm it simply by observing the pulp which will be dark green or black.
Regards Vijayasankar Raman National Center for Natural Products Research University of Mississippi On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 10:05 AM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: > I was just about to write that. I also thought this to be Solanaceae. > Uusally Trichosanthes should also have a bit elongated fruit. Even the > peduncle is too thin. What brought me doubts where the deformity of > the fruit on the front may be because of which corolla might have > fallen off and as for calyx, I think its there is something looking > like calyx blow the peduncle over the fruit. > Regards > Pankaj > > > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 2:38 PM, sheetal chaudhari > <[email protected]> wrote: > > OK Sir > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> Dinesh ji & Balkar ji > >> There is a, however, a big catch. The calyx seems to be present at the > >> base of the fruits, and there seem to be no remnants of calyx/corollaat > the > >> top of the fruit. As such it may not be a member of Cucurbitaceae. May > be > >> Solanaceae. Sheetal ji, can you get a photograph of fruit cut though > middle > >> crass-wise (Cross section). > >> -- > >> 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 25, 2011 at 2:18 PM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> I think Dinesh Ji is right it is T tricuspidata > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Regards > >>> > >>> Dr Balkar Singh > >>> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > >>> Arya P G College, Panipat > >>> Haryana-132103 > >>> 09416262964 > >> > >> > >> > >> x > > > > > > -- > *********************************************** > "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 >
