Benincasa hispida

The fruits are very clear in your photographs, as they are in mine from California. I am not very sure about mine from Delhi, though I had tentatively identified them.

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SYMBIOSIS : 197:
Attaching an image of Common Dartlet butterfly on the flower of Benincasa hispida. Commonly known as Ash Gourd. This is Petha in Hindi and Chal Kumra in Bangla.

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Thank you very much for confirming. The fruit is locally known as CHHANCH-KUMRA (CHAL-KUMRA / KUMRA in old lit., attached here).

But, far more surprising is that Dr. Hooker equates Cucurbita pepo of Flora Indica with both, Benincasa cerifera Savi and Cucurbita pepo DC.

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Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. from Assam KD 01 Sept. : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (8).

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Fruits & Vegetables Week: Benincasa hispida the Ash gourd or White pumpkin:
Uploading Benincasa hispida, the Ash gourd or white pumkin, or white gourd, the favourite petha or petha kadu used as a vegetable and sweet preparations.

Fruits & Vegetables Week: Benicasa hispida the Ash gourd or white pumpkin:
Uploading Benincasa hispida, the Ash gourd or white pumkin, or white gourd, the favourite petha or petha kadu used as a vegetable and sweet preparations.

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– Nice one , the color of the fruit really explains the reason for it being known as ash gourd.

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never seen chalkumro flowers. only the fruit. so nice to see it

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do you have pictures of very young chalkumro with the flower petals still attached o top?

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Cucurbitaceae for ID : Flower Show : Lalbagh Botanical Garden, Bangalore : 08OCT20 : AK-14 : 8 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)
Seen in their Vegetable Display section.

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Benincasa hispida (Thunb.) Cogn. !

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Any leaves?

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This was the earlier picture with a flower, showing the same time on the camera.

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