... I find that the entirely white-coloured flowers like those posted by Gurcharan ji, are relatively rarer than the classic lilac toned.
Adding few common names that I have compiled: bowstring hemp, crown flower, giant calotrope, giant milkweed, swallow-wort • Bengali: আকন্দ aakanda • Hindi: अर्क arka, सफ़ैद आक safed aak • Malayalam: ചുവന്നഎരിക്ക് chuvannaerikk, വെള്ളെരിക്ക് vellerikk • Manipuri: অংকোত angkot • Marathi: अर्क arka, अर्की arki, रुई rui, रुइटी ruiti • Sanskrit: alarka, अर्क arka, अर्की arki, हृस्वअग्निः hrasvagnih, सदापुष्प sadapushpa • Tamil: எருக்கு erukku, மலையெருக்கு malaiyerukku • Telugu: జిల్లేడి పువ్వు jilledi puvvu, జిల్లేడు jilledu, నల్లజిల్లేడు nallajilledu, ఉచ్చింత uccinta, ఉచ్చిత uchchinta Regards. On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 11:53 PM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > Calotropis gigantea ID 020909GS1, > > Calotropis gigantea (Linn.) W. T. Aiton, 1811 (Syn: Asclepias gigantea > Linn. > > Common names: Bowstring hemp, crown plant, giant-milkweed, madar > > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College > University of Delhi, Delhi > India > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45 > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
