I saw and photographed this in a marriage party in Delhi Sold in some good fruit shops in Delhi under the name Dragon fruit.
-- 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, Oct 12, 2011 at 9:47 AM, hari lal <[email protected]> wrote: > thank you for nice photograph & information > > > On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 5:31 AM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thanks Pankaj ji and Gurcharan Ji for sharing this Cactus. Never seen or >> eat this but now i have to try! >> >> >> On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 6:03 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I hope you would be knowing Dr. Suvercha Dwivedi. She just told me we >>> have pink ones here too. >>> Thanks for sharing the Delhi ones... >>> Pankaj >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 8:29 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > Here are mine from Delhi, in a dinner party >>> > 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, Oct 11, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Mayur Nandikar < >>> [email protected]> >>> > wrote: >>> >> >>> >> Thank you to share such a beautiful details Pankaj ji >>> >> >>> >> On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 5:32 PM, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected] >>> > >>> >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> Hylocereus undatus (Haw.) Britton & Rose Fl. Bermuda 256 1918. >>> >>> >>> >>> Synonyms >>> >>> Cereus guatemalensis (Eichler) A.Berger Kakteen 121, 338 1929 (non. >>> >>> illeg.) >>> >>> Cereus tricostatus Rol.-Goss. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 54: 664 1908. >>> >>> Cereus trigonus var. guatemalensis Eichler Monatschr. Kakteenk. 21: >>> 53 >>> >>> 1911. >>> >>> Cereus undatus Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact 94 1837. >>> >>> Cereus undulatus D.Dietr. Syn. Pl. 3: 104 1842. >>> >>> Hylocereus guatemalensis (Eichlam) Britton & Rose Cact. 2: 184 1920. >>> >>> Hylocereus tricostatus (Gosselin) Britton & Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. >>> >>> Herb. 12(10): 429 429 1909. >>> >>> >>> >>> Family: CACTACEAE >>> >>> Distribution: Originally from Central America, cultivated world wide. >>> >>> >>> >>> Commonly called as Dragonfruit or Pitaya. >>> >>> Thanks a lot Ushadi mam. I was encouraged to taste this by you and I >>> >>> an glad I tried, >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Pankaj >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> ********************************************************************** >>> >>> "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >>> >>> Conservation Officer >>> >>> >>> >>> Office: >>> >>> Flora Conservation Department >>> >>> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation >>> >>> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >>> >>> >>> >>> Residence: >>> >>> 36B, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun >>> >>> Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >>> >>> >>> >>> email: [email protected] >>> >>> [email protected] >>> >>> [email protected] >>> >>> Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:30pm) >>> >>> +852 9436 6251; +852 5431 6094 (mobile) >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> Mr. Mayur D. Nandikar, >>> >> Research Student, >>> >> Department of Botany, >>> >> Shivaji University, >>> >> Kolhapur. >>> >> 07507013607 >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ********************************************************************** >>> "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" >>> >>> >>> Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) >>> Conservation Officer >>> >>> Office: >>> Flora Conservation Department >>> Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation >>> Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >>> >>> Residence: >>> 36B, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun >>> Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. >>> >>> email: [email protected] >>> [email protected] >>> [email protected] >>> Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:30pm) >>> +852 9436 6251; +852 5431 6094 (mobile) >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards >> >> Dr Balkar Singh >> Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology >> Arya P G College, Panipat >> Haryana-132103 >> 09416262964 >> > > > > -- > HARI SHANKAR LAL > AT-SHIV KUTIR > PO-BARA BAZAR > DIST-HAZARIBAG > PIN-825301 > JHARKHAND,INDIA > MOBILE-9431530563 > [email protected] > >
