Sir, This white variety is commonly planted in rural home yards, for its medicinal properties. Flora Indica informs, "URKA is the Sanskrit name of the lilac variety and Ulurka the name of white."
Regards, surajit On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Dr Santhosh Kumar <[email protected] > wrote: > This is a rare variety . Flowers are usually light blue in colour , but > here it is white? > > > > On 25 April 2013 19:25, surajit koley <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thank you very much Sir. >> >> Regards, >> surajit >> >> >> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 8:19 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Yes Surajit ji >>> Nice photographs >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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://www.gurcharanfamily.com/ >>> http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 7:21 AM, surajit koley < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Good morning >>>> >>>> This seems to be the white variety of *Calotropis gigantea* (L.) W. T. >>>> Aiton. >>>> The purple variety is very common can spread in wild. Usually white >>>> variety plants are planted. >>>> This is SWET AAKANDA in Bengali >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> --- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "efloraofindia" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> -- >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > > > -- > SANTHOSH > ------------------------------------------ > Dr. E.S. Santhosh Kumar MSc, PhD, FIAT, FLS (on leave for 2 years) > Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute, Palode > Thiruvananthapuram-695562 > Kerala > India > www.drsanthosh.wetpaint.com > > Presently working for the British Aerospace, Riyadh, KSA > NB: Please consider your environmental responsibility! Ask yourself before > printing this email !!! > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

