The name is Cucumis pubescens...also called as Kachri in Haryana...both raw and mature fruits are used to make chatani...the fruits are sliced when fresh and then the slices are dried in shade to preserve them for off seasons...fruits are edible in any form....
Alok On Nov 21, 11:32 pm, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Could it be Citrullus colocynthis? > > -- > 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: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 9:55 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear friends > > This cucurbit vegetable from Rajasthan, cooked as vegetable and also made > > into chutney. Help needed in Botanical name. > > Local name: CHIBAR > > > -- > > 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/
