when reading "silk cotton, and often used in pillows" a question came to my mind.Is it the same as Shevari (Marathi)? ----- Original Message ----- From: Anand Kumar Bhatt To: Satish Chile Cc: Na Bha ; PUTTARAJU K ; indiantreepix Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 8:07 AM Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:66907] Sharing.. Beauty of seed dispersion Stages 09042011 PJ1
The floater for the seed is as soft as silk cotton, and often used in pillows. ak On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Satish Chile <[email protected]> wrote: Very admirable. On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 2:06 AM, Na Bha <[email protected]> wrote: amazing fotos, thanks for sharing. ----- Original Message ----- From: PUTTARAJU K To: indiantreepix Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2011 5:24 PM Subject: [efloraofindia:66800] Sharing.. Beauty of seed dispersion Stages 09042011 PJ1 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] -- Dr. Satish Kumar Chile -- Anand Kumar Bhatt A-59, B.S.F.Colony, Airport Road Gwalior. 474 005. Tele: 0751-247 2233. Mobile 0 94253 09780. My blogsite is at: http://anandkbhatt.blogspot.com (A NEW BLOG has been ADDED ON 15 March 2011.) And the photo site: www.flickr.com/photos/akbhatt/ (NEW PHOTOS HAVE BEEN ADDED ON 11 March 2011.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ten most common surnames of Indians: Singh, Kumar, Sharma, Patel, Shah, Lal, Gupta, Bhat, Rao, Reddy. Cheers!
