Satish ji Yazdy ji may be right: Broad serrated calyx lobes, non-drooping petals and importantly free anthers all point to Benincasa hispida. My only fear is flowers look smaller, or was it a distant shot?. Satish ji could you recollect the diameter of opened flowers.
-- 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://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Yazdy Palia <yazdypa...@gmail.com> wrote: > Friends it could be ash gourd also. Please check the link given below. > > http://www.padvalagriculture.com/2009/02/pollination-fruiting-in-ash-gourd.html > Regards > Yazdy. > > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 8:43 PM, Satish Phadke <drsmpha...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I think this is a climber of Pumpkin what we eat as vegetable. Please > > validate. > > Male and female flower seen in DSCN9920 > > This was growing wild near a Trash container in Pune city. > > Dr Phadke > > >
