Calotropis procera

Shantanu Bhattacharya

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Aug 22, 2010, 4:08:37 PM8/22/10

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Hi

Taken snaps of the flowers and leaves of this Calotropis plant (Asclepiadaceae) in a village of West Bengal yesterday morning...I love the wild fragrance of these flowers.

Gynandrous condition is found in this plant.

The stamens and carpels unite completely to form a pillar-like structure called Gynostegium.

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Shantanu :)

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Pankaj Kumar

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Aug 22, 2010, 4:10:04 PM8/22/10

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Thanks for sharing, but this is Calotropis gigantea.
Regards
Pankaj

Shantanu

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Aug 22, 2010, 4:18:04 PM8/22/10

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Thanks Pankaj ji...
actually i was not sure about the species.

Shantanu :)

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tanay bose

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Aug 22, 2010, 6:12:26 PM8/22/10

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This is Calotropis gigantea indeed

Tanay

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Gurcharan Singh

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Aug 22, 2010, 9:29:27 PM8/22/10

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Yes Calotropis gigantea, raised stigmatic disc, white flowers

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Sid

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Aug 22, 2010, 10:06:03 PM8/22/10

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Beautiful pictures of Calotropis gigantea Shantanu ji. The white vareity is quite rare in South India I guess. I have never seen it in the wild, except in garden where it is kept as sacred. Its interesting to know that you love the smell of these wild flowers. I always thought they were just weeds.

Muthu Karthick

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Aug 24, 2010, 8:20:16 AM8/24/10

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Dear all,

I suspect this shrub to be a different species (C. procera), because of the leaf morphology. Please help me to resolve this.

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Gurcharan Singh

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Aug 24, 2010, 10:30:22 AM8/24/10

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Muthu ji

Kindly refere to this thread in which both species have been discussed

http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix/browse_thread/thread/17357d6b759e0614/c913572e10f9ee56?lnk=gst&q=Calotropis+gigantea#c913572e10f9ee56

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