According to Hindu mythology, the God of Love, Lord KAMA used to own Bow and Arrow. The head or crown of his arrows were made of Calotropis flowers.
Botanically Romantic!!! Performed by experts, dont try this at home!! :)) Regards Pankaj On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 1:20 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote: > Asclepiadaceae (milkweed family) ~ Apocynaceae » Calotropis procera > Synonym: Asclepias procera > > > kal-LOW-troh-pis -- from the Greek kalos (beautiful) and tropis (ship) > PRO-ker-uh or pro-KER-uh -- tall or high > > > commonly known as: apple of Sodom, auricula tree, calotrope, Dead Sea apple, > desert wick, giant milkweed, king's crown, rooster tree, rubber bush, small > crownflower, Sodom apple • Bengali: আকন্দ akanda • Gujarati: આકડો aakdo • > Hindi: अर्क arka, अर्की arki, मुदर mudar, सफ़ैद आक safed-ak • Kannada: bili > yekkada gida, kempu ekka • Malayalam: ചിറ്റെരിക്ക് chiterikk • Marathi: अर्क > arka, अर्की arki • Sanskrit: अलर्क alarka, अर्क arka, अर्की arki, श्वेतार्क > shwetarka • Tamil: வெள்ளை எருக்கு vellai erukku, வெள்ளெருக்கு vellerukku • > Telugu: అలర్కశాకము alarkasakamu, జిల్లేడు jilledu > > > Native to: India to Iran, and Africa > > > Attached view from outskirts of Pune. > Only this photo. > -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
