Reply from Janaki ji: "Thanks Madhuri, and Gargji. I think the white one is rare. The lady in the house where it was planted told me that this was found in Rajasthan, near Haryana side, in the wild, and was brought and planted by them. And apparently it is worshipped too, especially in Diwali day. I was actually intrigued as to why anybody would have this plant in their house, until I noticed its flowers which were white. There was no lavender flowered plant in the house though there were plenty of them in the entire area growing wild. So I presume that the white flowered one is associated with something holy. Now that I recall, the plant itself is considered to be dear to Lord Ganesha and it is one of the main plants for doing puja on Ganesh Chaturthi in Andhra Pradesh and I think in Karnataka too. I wonder why! Ganesha is worshipped with lot of flowers and wild plants on Ganesh Chaturthi! Janaki Turaga"
2009/1/4 J.M. Garg <[email protected]> > Hi, Janaki ji, > > I think the following extracts from Wikipedia link ( > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calotropis_gigantea) will clarify: > > *Calotropis gigantea* (*Crown flower*) is a species of > *Calotropis<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calotropis> > *, native <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native> to > Indonesia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia>, > Malaysia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia>, > Philippines<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines>, > Thailand <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand>, Sri > Lanka<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Lanka>, > India <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India> and > China<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China> > . > It is a large shrub <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrub> growing to 4 m > tall. It has clusters of waxy flowers that are either white or lavender in > colour. Each flower consists of five pointed > petals<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petal>and a small, elegant "crown" rising > from the centre, which holds the > stamens <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamen>. The plant has oval, light > green leaves and milky stem <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant_stem>. > > > 2009/1/4 Madhuri Pejaver <[email protected]> > > >> is gigantia a species? or indica? >> >> i do not know whether it is a subspecies, but in marathi the one with >> white flowers is called as mandar, while the one with purplish is called >> rui. >> the food plant for tiger varity of butterflies. >> the one with white flowers is used for puja for lord Ganesha >> madhuri >> --- On Sat, 1/3/09, JANAKI TURAGA <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > From: JANAKI TURAGA <[email protected]> >> > Subject: [indiantreepix:7077] White Giant Milkweed >> > To: [email protected], "treepix Indian" < >> [email protected]> >> > Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009, 9:59 PM >> > HI, >> > I found this tree in a home which was the Giant Milkweed >> > but with white >> > flowers. This plant which is the size of a small tree about >> > 8 feet high, had >> > whiteflowers. It was planted by the people living in the >> > house. >> > Would appreciate any information about the white flower >> > giant milkweed. Is >> > it a separate sub species? >> > The 3 attached photos show the entire plant, the flower and >> > buds; and fruit. >> > >> > Thanks >> > Janaki Turaga >> > >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > "We often ignore the beauty around us" > Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group > (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en > > -- With regards, J.M.Garg "We often ignore the beauty around us" Creating Awareness about Indian Flora & Fauna: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 For learning about our trees & plants, please visit/ join Google e-group (Indiantreepix) http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
