Calotropis gigantea

[Prashant awale]

Dear Friends,
Do have  a look at enclosed snaps of the seeds of Calotropis gigantea.
Family: Asclepiadaceae

Date/Time: 20-06-2010 / 01:00PM
Location: Bhaje Caves, Lonavala region

regards
Prashant

[tanay bose]

You clicked at the right time !!
Tanay

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[Gurcharan Singh]

Nice photographs Prashant ji

Returned from Kashmir trip. Had good catch of plants flowering presently, but will upload most of these after 20th August from California. May be I will sneak in few in between.

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[mani nair]

I am sending some photos of the flowers and fruit.  When I took the photo the fruit pod was unripe.  During my childhood we used to run after the flying seeds attached to the beard like floss and catch the maximum seeds.  In Malayalam it is called Appuppan Thadi meaning Old mans beard.   My son love this plant as he collects lots of caterpillars of  Plain tiger butterflies from the leaves and rear it in a bottle.  After two weeks the butterflies come out from the Chrisallis.  You also please send some interesting story on this plant.

Regards,

Mani.

[Satish Phadke]

Attaching my pictures of the same.
Seeds with cotton threads attached stacked but exposed and ready for wind dispersal.
Dr Phadke

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[tanay bose]

Lovely Satish ji initially it looked like a bird to me !!
Tanay