Dinesh i seeing the number of errors and omissions in The Plant List it seems advisable to rely more on alternate recent databases
http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/33031 http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?12563 -- PS: Please bear with missing j in text, culprit keyboard of my make shift laptop 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 1:10 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > *Cucumis maderaspatanus * L. ... is *Mukia maderaspatana* the accepted > name, as put at The Plants List ? > > > > - *KOO-koo-mis* -- from the Greek *kykyon*, meaning cucumber > ¿ *mah-deh-ras-PATH-en-us* ? -- of or from Madras > ... Dave's > Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf-XnKALJLi4ZvWhItDcjW2mcyZrg> > > > [image: Cucumis > maderaspatanus]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F1125887449%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcDFTG3DGEMdjL3mwUD5Uyjxo_ySg> > Aug 15, 2007 ... in Bassein fort, Maharashtra > > > *commonly known as*: bristly bryony, Madras pea pumpkin, rough bryony • * > Bengali*: bilari • *Gujarati*: tindori • *Hindi*: बिलाड़ी bilari, मुसमुसा > musmusa, परिपुष्करा paripushkara, पिण्डिला pindila, सेटु setu • *Kannada*: > chitrati • *Konkani*: चिरटी chirati • *Malayalam*: chitrati • *Marathi*: > चिरटी chirati • *Nepalese*: मट्याङग्र काँक्री matyangre kankri • *Punjabi*: > gwala kakri • *Rajasthani*: ankh phutani • *Sanskrit*: परिपुष्करा > paripushkara, पिण्डिला pindila, सेटु setu • *Tamil*: முசுமுசுக்கை > muchumuchukkai, பரிபுஷ்கரை paripuskarai • *Telugu*: నూగుదోస nugudosa • * > Urdu*: مسمسا musmusa > > *Native to*: tropical & s Africa, s China, Indian subcontinent, > Indo-China, Malesia, Australia > > *References*: Flowers of > India<http://www,flowersofindia.in/catalog/slides/Madras%20Pea%20Pumpkin.html>• > M.M.P.N.D.<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au%2FSorting%2FMukia.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzclrF-Uf3d6fc72pYX2zGKkELJsWw>• > *Common Indian Wild Flowers* by Isaac Kehimkar > > > *more views*: > > - Jul 25, 2009 ... at Yeoor Hills (part of Sanjay Gandhi National > Park), Mumbai > [image: Muchumuchukkai (Tamil: > முசுமுசுக்கை)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3754000803%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcbyqsRFmDiC9e0szgAc7C7NPechQ> > [image: > Nugudosa (Telugu: > నూగుదోస)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3754000705%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcIjHtuGGewdKqDEiRO4Ayb7pvOAw> > - Aug 16, 2009 ... at Yeoor Hills (part of Sanjay Gandhi National > Park), Mumbai > [image: Chitrati (in > Kannada)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3825132327%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfe-0pCgNv6_5EmXgrgQKlS-6tskw> > [image: > Madras Pea > Pumpkin]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3825932242%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdcVap_4yWMH1q5t3VJfkY5xOxRrw> > - Oct 18, 2008 ... at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra > [image: Bilari (Hindi: > बिलाड़ी)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F2953317375%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeea8E3uHTZka46tdaI6NnDdAk0lA> > > > ... more views at > *flickr<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fsearch%2F%3Fq%3DCucumismaderaspatanus%26w%3D91314344%2540N00%26s%3Drec%26m%3Dtags&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdnL5ufSyiD1IjfAH6Iab7S5f64rA> > * > > > Regards. > Dinesh

