Thank you sir, fro the brief introduction with nice photos. BRS On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 9:30 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear friends > There are hundreds of cultivars of Cucurbita and species are often > difficult to identify. More difficult is the fact that any species can go > under the name pumpkin, squash or gourd. Flowers and leaves are not often > great help. I am uploading few to show the differences. The species can be > identified by the structure of the tip of pedicel where it is attached to > the base on fruit. > > 1. Cucurbita maxima....it is soft and not expanded at tip > 2. Cucurbita moschata..it is expanded angular pad, with a small > constriction between pad and fruit. > 3. Cucurbita pepo: it is expanded with extended fingers firmly attached to > fruit. > > <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-OphzYmMtsh0/T3kiOzh_4NI/AAAAAAAAAlw/m9aapO2DeQY/s1600/Cucurbita-maxima-Cinderella%2Bpumpkin-California-1.jpg> > Cucurbita-maxima-Cinderella+pumpkin-California-1 > > > <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hFyn0HhvRc4/T3kimiRg1LI/AAAAAAAAAl8/hISHIOM3ZNU/s1600/Cucurbita-maxima-Kabocha%2Bsquash-California-1.jpg> > Cucurbita-maxima-Kabocha+squash-California-1 > > > > <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-jT1VH60evq8/T3ki5S02n2I/AAAAAAAAAmI/YNFjEm6pkRY/s1600/Cucurbita-moschata-butternut%2Bsquash-California-3.jpg> > Cucurbita-maxima-Kabocha+squash-California-1 > > > <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-qf6YMv8q14E/T3kjJe6XgQI/AAAAAAAAAmU/JRqOZDOVghE/s1600/Cucurbita-moschata-Butternut%2Bsquash-Califorrnia-5.jpg> > Cucurbita-moschata-Butternut+squash-Califorrnia-5 > > > <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-KnyoFU20hOo/T3kjWVZnFzI/AAAAAAAAAmg/mRVs866xuLg/s1600/Cucurbita-pepo-Pumpkin-California-1.jpg> > Cucurbita-maxima-Cinderella+pumpkin-California-1 > > > > <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-saZXzmjCxZg/T3kjqPL_ROI/AAAAAAAAAms/GM0ZzoEHSLY/s1600/Cucurbita-pepo-Zucchini-California-1.jpg> > Cucurbita-pepo-Zucchini-California-1 > > > > -- > 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/ <http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/> > -- B. Rathinasabapathy Project Co-ordinator Nilgiri Biosphere Nature Park 1388, Avinashi Road Peelamedu Coimbatore-641004 <http://mail.google.com/subscribe.mhtml>
