Beautiful pictures of Calotropis gigantea Shantanu ji. The white vareity is quite rare in South India I guess. I have never seen it in the wild, except in garden where it is kept as sacred. Its interesting to know that you love the smell of these wild flowers. I always thought they were just weeds.
On 23 August 2010 09:29, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ <http://people.du.ac.in/%7Esinghg45/> > > 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 >> >> > > >
