Awesome picture Puttaraju Ji, at the first look I thought it was a bird!! Tanay
On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 8:24 AM, PUTTARAJU K <[email protected]>wrote: > Dear All, > > > Pl find attached Riped Calotropis gigantea* (Asclepiadaceae > family*).Photographed by me during August 2009 in Kaiga. (Ready for > dispersion stage 1,2,3,4&5) . It's bark & root are used as medicine for > dysentry, its tincture of leaves are used for curing fever, it's latex > which is highly poisonous is used as purgative. Also when thorn entered to > foot after removing the thorn its milk applied to reduce the pain. > > -- > With Regards, > PUTTARAJU K, > SCIENTIFIC OFFICER, > KAIGA ATOMIC POWER PLANT, > POST-KAIGA, U.K.DISTRICT, > KARNATAKA -581400 > MOB : 9448999150 > EMAIL : [email protected] > [email protected] > -- *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 (Mobile) 604-822-2019 (Lab) 604-822-6089 (Fax) [email protected] *Webpages:* http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/mberbee.html http://www.botany.ubc.ca/people/gradstud.html https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/
