Ushadi Perhaps this quoted from Wikipedia provides answer for you: "The fruit has a big cavity and thin fruit walls, and thus forms a pouch that is conveniently filled with other food stuffs, hence its name "pepino de rellenar" in the Andes, meaning the "filling cucumber"."
The crop seems to be relatively new to India, as there seems to be little or no mentions in older books from India. I had known about a small karela being grown in Kashmir villages, but saw it last year only and was told by the owner that they know as a type of karela. Have also seen it being grown in Manali (they knew it as karela only). -- 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 Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 1:50 PM, ushadi Micromini <[email protected]>wrote: > Gurcharanji: this is new to me... never seen it in the ganges delta veggie > markets... > > why stuffing cucumber.. do they make stuffed curry? > does it taste good raw? > have you eaten it? > Usha di > ==== > > > On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 1:35 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Cyclanthera pedata (L.) Schrad., Index Seminum (GOET) 1831: 2 1831 >> >> Common names: Achocha, wild cucumber, stuffing cucumber >> Herbaceous climber, often grown as vegetable in Hill stations in India >> common in Manali and Sikkim >> Common English names: Wild cucumber >> Locally in Indian hill stations as Karela or even meetha karela (the name >> meetha karela actually belongs to Momordica dioica). The pedate leaves and >> smaller white flowers are distinctive, although young fruits carry spines >> like Momordica dioica. >> >> Photographed from Manali and California >> >> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JmfWJSzuAfU/T36iiR03xyI/AAAAAAAAA6I/_IsfP_qopzs/s1600/Cyclanthera-pedata-Manali-1.jpg> >> Cyclanthera-pedata-Manali-1 >> >> >> >> <https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-DOxK_sYsmHs/T36iwsFHSnI/AAAAAAAAA6U/1cTxC_07iH4/s1600/Cyclanthera-pedata-Manali-3.jpg> >> Cyclanthera-pedata-Manali-3 >> >> >> <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-da7U60COBBE/T36jfWxhC1I/AAAAAAAAA6g/PU5dapP6-ng/s1600/Cyclanthera-pedata-Manali-2.jpg> >> Cyclanthera-pedata-Manali-1 >> >> Gurcharan Singh >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Usha di > =========== > >
