Garg Sir, This is KANKROL, wild type and the botanical name is *Momordica cochinchinensis* Spreng.
Thank you & Regards, surajit On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 2:54 PM, jmgarg1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: surajit koley <[email protected]> > Date: 11 November 2012 07:56 > Subject: [efloraofindia:137969] cucurbitaceae ID from Hooghly 11/11/12 sk2 > To: efloraofindia <[email protected]> > > > Sir, > > Found this wild climber (?) growing in wasteplace. I could not get nearer > to it to ascertain how its leaves look. > > Species : *Momordica sp.* ? > H & H : possibly climber, with big flower about the size of a bottle gourd > or bigger than *Luffa aegyptiaca* Mill.; leaves maybe those in the bottom > right of the last pic (set2_03. jpg) > Date : 7/11/12 & 8/11/12 > Place : Hooghly > > Perhaps this is wild KANKROL in Bengali, a bigger spiny fruit, sometimes > cooked as vegetables by villagers. But, there is also a smaller spiny > cultivated KAKROL that can be found in market/bazaar. > > Thank you & Regards, > > surajit > > -- > > > > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species*& > eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged > alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use > them for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 2000 members & > 1,37,000 messages on 31/10/12) or Efloraofindia website: > https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database > of more than 7500 species). > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > > --
