Calotropis gigantea ID 020909GS1

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Gurcharan Singh

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Sep 2, 2009, 2:23:37 PM9/2/09

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Calotropis gigantea ID 020909GS1,

Calotropis gigantea (Linn.) W. T. Aiton, 1811 (Syn: Asclepias gigantea Linn.

Common names: Bowstring hemp, crown plant, giant-milkweed, madar

Dr. Gurcharan Singh
Associate Professor
SGTB Khalsa College
University of Delhi, Delhi
India
http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45

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Dinesh Valke

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Sep 2, 2009, 11:10:26 PM9/2/09

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... I find that the entirely white-coloured flowers like those posted by Gurcharan ji, are relatively rarer than the classic lilac toned.

Adding few common names that I have compiled:

bowstring hemp, crown flower, giant calotrope, giant milkweed, swallow-wort • Bengali: আকন্দ aakanda • Hindi: अर्क arka, सफ़ैद आक safed aak • Malayalam: ചുവന്നഎരിക്ക് chuvannaerikk, വെള്ളെരിക്ക് vellerikk • Manipuri: অংকোত angkot • Marathi: अर्क arka, अर्की arki, रुई rui, रुइटी ruiti • Sanskrit: alarka, अर्क arka, अर्की arki, हृस्वअग्निः hrasvagnih, सदापुष्प sadapushpa • Tamil: எருக்கு erukku, மலையெருக்கு malaiyerukku • Telugu: జిల్లేడి పువ్వు jilledi puvvu, జిల్లేడు jilledu, నల్లజిల్లేడు nallajilledu, ఉచ్చింత uccinta, ఉచ్చిత uchchinta