Dear all, I suspect this shrub to be a different species (*C. procera*), because of the leaf morphology. Please help me to resolve this.
On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 7:36 AM, Sid <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>> >>> >> >> >> > -- Muthu Karthick, N Junior Research Fellow Care Earth Trust Chennai - 61 www.careearthtrust.org
