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[Dinesh Valke]

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.

[Pankaj Kumar]

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 <dinesh...@gmail.com> 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.
>

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[Balkar Arya]

Its corona gynostegium is very important medicine in Malaria


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Dr Balkar Singh
Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology
Arya P G College, Panipat
Haryana-132103
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[mani nair]

1.  The leaves of this plant are used to make garlands and offered to Lord Hanuman.

2.  This is the host plant of  caterpillars of Plain tiger and striped tiger butterflies

3.  Children enjoy running after the flying seeds.

Regards,

Mani.

[Balkar Arya]

Third very funny. Have done for many years particularly during rice harvesting season
one more
We used to make FIRKI with Thorns of Acacia nilotica from its flowers after removing sepals and petals

[Gurcharan Singh]

Thanks for useful information, Balkar ji and Mani ji

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