Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. Some earlier relevant feedback:
“I also think *Cucurbita moschata*, a larger fruit would confirm.” from Singh ji. On 3 April 2012 01:12, Dinesh Valke <dinesh.va...@gmail.com> wrote: > *Cucurbita maxima * Duchesne > > > > - *koo-KER-bih-ta* -- Latin name for the gourd > *MAKS-ih-muh* -- largest > ... Dave's > Botanary<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdavesgarden.com%2Fguides%2Fbotanary%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf-XnKALJLi4ZvWhItDcjW2mcyZrg> > > > [image: Kusmandakah (Sanskrit: > कुष्माण्डकः)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3911950595%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfMRIqXxgmvYbAG5Q3IseZ14fgK2A> > Sep 12, 2009 ... at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra > > > ... to validate ID with reference to Gurcharan ji's post: Identifying > main species of *Cucurbita* at > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/indiantreepix/8kbpauG0liU/Vjr4olwcUfcJ > *There may be good chance of this plant being Cucurbita moschata*. > > > *commonly known as*: giant pumpkin, great pumpkin, melon pumpkin, > pumpkin, red gourd, red pumpkin, squash, squash gourd, turks cap gourd, > winter squash • *Assamese*: ৰঙা ranga • *Bengali*: চালকুমড়ো calakumro, > কুষ্মাণ্ড kusmanda • *Gujarati*: લાલ કોળું lal kolu • *Hindi*: लाल कद्दू > lal kaddu, लाल कुम्हड़ा lal qumra, काशीफल kashiphal • *Kannada*: ಕಂದು ಗುಬಳ > kandu gumbala, ಕುಂಬಳಕಾಯಿ kumbalakaayi, ಕೂಷ್ಮಾಂಡ kushmaanda • *Kashmiri*: > अल् al, तुम्बी tumbi • *Konkani*: दुद्दे dudde • *Lushai*: lêng-kêl mai • > *Malayalam*: vellarimathan • *Manipuri*: mairel • *Marathi*: लाल भोपळा > lal bhopala, तांबडा भोपळा tambada bhopala • *Mizo*: mai • *Oriya*: kumda, > mai • *Punjabi*: ਹਲਵਾ ਕਦੂੱ halwa kaddu, ਮਿੱਠਾ ਕਦੂੱ mittha kaddu • * > Sanskrit*: कुष्माण्डकः kusmandakah, पीतकुष्माण्डः pitakusmandah • *Tamil*: > சர்க்கரைப்பூசணி carkkarai-p-pucani, சீமைப்பூசனி cimai-p-pucani, > பறங்கிக்காய் paranki-k-kay • *Telugu*: గుమ్మడి gummadi > > *Native of*: s South America; widely cultivated > > *References*: Flowers of > India<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersofindia.net%2Fcatalog%2Fslides%2FGiant%2520Pumpkin.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdENvVgV8OfDA3VZiHT0IuBf0qkCQ>• > Wikipedia<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCucurbita_maxima&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeImlSuWPMVDB6nQLsK0OEaKDR0AQ>• > NPGS > / > GRIN<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ars-grin.gov%2Fcgi-bin%2Fnpgs%2Fhtml%2Ftaxon.pl%3F12597&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzcZ-PK_YZctV3zJe9SYvCNzWijGNw>• > ENVIS > - > FRLHT<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fenvis.frlht.org.in%2Fplant_details.php%3Fdisp_id%3D697&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzeUb-W0bdICrfj7NM7AIk36ZJC1Iw>• > DDSA<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdsal.uchicago.edu%2Fdictionaries%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzf6uenyoQ09XSR__kqQB9oTVQ4dNQ> > > > *more views*: > > - Sep 12, 2009 ... at Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra > [image: Lal Kaddu (Hindi: लाल कद्दू > )]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3912766750%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfs0N4WXEXU5rQLa7wSCZsn0xuZfg> > [image: > Cimai-p-pucani (Tamil: > சீமைப்பூசனி)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3911965125%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzfh7YSp9aPkEa_J6SB8u59a-m2Y1A> > [image: > Lal Bhopala (Marathi: लाल > भोपळा)]<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdinesh_valke%2F3912727494%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFrqEzdtOnf3u4bNPK68Xz-jmaVtE0Imww> > > > > > Regards. > Dinesh -- 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 1840 members & 1,10,000 messages on 31/3/12) or Efloraofindia website: https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/ (with a species database of more than 6500 species). Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of India'.
