Yes Dinesh ji is correct: petals not emarginate, fruit almost twice as long as broad. In var. acutangula petals are emarginate and fruit 3-5 times as long as broad.
-- 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 Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Giby Kuriakose <[email protected]>wrote: > *Luffa acutangula *of Cucurbitaceae, I guess. > > > > Regards, > Giby > > > > On 30 September 2011 16:02, Bhatt Sweta <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Cucubitaceae member >> To me, it looks closer to some Luffa sps. >> Definitely does not seem like L cylindrica. But then the ridges are not as >> clear and prominent as L. acutangula?!! >> >> Regards, >> Shweta >> > > > > -- > GIBY KURIAKOSE PhD > Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), > Royal Enclave, > Jakkur Post, Srirampura > Bangalore- 560064 > India > Phone - +91 9448714856 (Mobile) > visit my pictures @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/giby >
