Sorry I missed the leaves earlier. This is definitely Cucumis. Cucumis trigonus, Cucumis pubescens all now considered as synonym of Cucumis melo subsp. agrestris var. agrestris, commonly sold here as Kachri.
-- 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 Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 10:39 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Raghu i > Please upload photographs of leaves. I have a feeling that this may be > Citrullus colocynthis > > -- > 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 Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Nidhan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Very nice Raghu ji, >> >> This one is also sold as a vegetable, can be found along rice field >> borders, in sorghum and maize fields in our area, thanks for sharing... >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Dr. Nidhan Singh >> Department of Botany >> I.B. (PG) College >> Panipat-132103 Haryana >> Ph.: 09416371227 >> >> > > > >

