Sir, Nice pictures thanks for sharing.
BRS On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > *Citrullus lanatus* (Thunb.) Mats. & Nakai, Cat. Sem. Spor. Hort. Bot. > Univ. Imp. Tokyo. 30. 1916. > syn: *Citrullus* *vulgaris* Schrad ex Eckl. & Zeyh.; *Momordica* *lanata* > Thunb. > > Common names: Water melon > Hindi: Tarbuz > > Cultivated annual climber with long soft hairs; leaves palmately lobed > with pinnately divided sinnuate lobes; flower yellow 15-17 mm across, > female on longer pedicels; fruit large, subglobose to ellipsoid, 25-40 cm > long, with yellow and green stripes. > > Commonly cultivated as early summer fruit crop, photographed from Vikas > Puri, Delhi > > > <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-2HzNwd9EqGk/T3qVS3jyQMI/AAAAAAAAAno/pKUUetPi4PE/s1600/Citrullus-lanatus-Vikas-puri-Delhi-1.jpg> > Citrullus-lanatus-Vikas-puri-Delhi-1 > > > > <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-BEYSP0C143E/T3qVfc61BtI/AAAAAAAAAn0/cwrKK4iMs5I/s1600/Citrullus-lanatus-Vikas-puri-Delhi-2.jpg> > Citrullus-lanatus-Vikas-puri-Delhi-2 > > > > > <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-pX4t31EMpFM/T3qWWrCT4SI/AAAAAAAAAoA/t6X6OOxPC-o/s1600/Citrulus-lanatus-market-Delhi-3.jpg> > Citrullus-lanatus-market-Delhi-3 > > > Gurcharan Singh > -- B. Rathinasabapathy Project Co-ordinator Nilgiri Biosphere Nature Park 1388, Avinashi Road Peelamedu Coimbatore-641004 <http://mail.google.com/subscribe.mhtml>
