Dear friends The taxonomy of Indian Cucumis species has been greatly confused with the merger of most with Cucumis melo, or at the most Cucumis melo subsp. agrestris. It may help our database a lot if we are able to locate and upload these native species which are distinct entities although they may not be recognised as distinct in most recent treatments:
1. *Cucumis callosus* (Roettler) Cogn. in Engl., Pflanzenr. 88:129. 1924. Chakravarty, Monog. Ind. Cucurbit. in Rec. Bot. Surv. Ind. 17(1): 100. 1959. 2. *Cucumis trigonus* Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3:722. 1832. 3. Cucumis pubescens L., Sp. Pl. 4: 614 1805. 4. *Cucumis momordica* Roxb., Fl. Ind. 3:720. 1832. It would be really helpful if any member can upload key separating these taxa given in any older book, their local names and differences. -- 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/
