Yes Calotropis gigantea, raised stigmatic disc, white 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 Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 3:42 AM, tanay bose <[email protected]> wrote: > This is Calotropis gigantea indeed > Tanay > > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 1:48 AM, Shantanu <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks Pankaj ji... >> actually i was not sure about the species. >> >> Shantanu :) >> >> On Aug 23, 1:10 am, Pankaj Kumar <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Thanks for sharing, but this is Calotropis gigantea. >> > Regards >> > Pankaj >> > >> > On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 1:38 AM, Shantanu Bhattacharya >> > >> > >> > >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> > > Hi >> > > Taken snaps of the flowers and leaves of this Calotropis plant >> > > (Asclepiadaceae) in a village of West Bengal yesterday morning...I >> love the >> > > wild fragrance of these flowers. >> > > Gynandrous condition is found in this plant. >> > > The stamens and carpels unite completely to form a pillar-like >> structure >> > > called Gynostegium. >> > >> > > regards >> > > Shantanu :)- Hide quoted text - >> > >> > - Show quoted text - > > > > > -- > Tanay Bose > Research Assistant & Teaching Assistant > Department of Botany > University of British Columbia > 3529-6270 University Blvd. > Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z4 (Canada) > Phone: 778-323-4036 > >
