Sharing.. Beauty of seed dispersion Stages 09042011 PJ1

[PUTTARAJU K]

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.

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[tanay bose]

Awesome picture Puttaraju Ji, at the first look I thought it was a bird!!

Tanay

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[Na Bha]

amazing fotos, thanks for sharing.

[Satish Chile]

Very admirable.

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[Balkar Arya]

Nice series of Pics

Thanks for sharing

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[Anand Kumar Bhatt]

The floater for the seed is as soft as silk cotton, and often used in pillows. 

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[Na Bha]

when reading "silk cotton, and often used in pillows" a question came to my mind.Is it the same as Shevari (Marathi)?

[Dinesh Valke]

... indeed yes, Nalini ji.
Regards.
Dinesh

[Na Bha]

In that case i think, it has some medicinal value. I remember, my grandmother had a pillow with Shevari. I don't remember any more, what is the effect of this pillow.

perhaps someone knows more.

Thanks Dinesh ji and others

Nalini

[Ushadi micromini]

Dear Putturaju ji: Very nice pictures.... This weekend (April 2011)
I found and photographed one,,, still green, not ready to open. I
will have to go back and see if I can catch it as it gets ready to
open and disperse its babies... Usha di.

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[Satish Phadke]

I doubt about this silk cotton for pillows. Sewaricha means that from SAWAR or true silk cotton either Ceiba pentandra or Bombax ceiba

[Dinesh Valke]

Nalini ji's query of "sewari cha kapus" may have sprung up looking at the posted "rui cha kapus".
Regards.

[Na Bha]

Thanks, Dineshji and Satishji,

My question is still,  what is used in pillows  "sewari cha kapus" or "rui cha kapus"?

There was a comment from Anand ji, that the Kapus ( Calotropis gigantea* (Asclepiadaceae family*).) is used in Pillows,

on that I asked if it is shevari,  etc.etc. How my query came up is documented in this thread.

 

Would be nice, if someone can clarify, with the sc. names of sewari and rui, perhaps with fotos,

and if possible, why this kapus is used in pillows. Hope I am not troubling too much.

 

TIA

[Satish Chile]

I don't think the silk cotton of  Calotropis gigantea or C. procera are widely used for making pillows instead the silk cotton of Bombax ceiba and B. malabarica and off course Gossypium hirutum and other species of Gossypium are frequently used for making piloows and cushins. Yes medicinal values of  Calotropis gigantea or C. procera are much talked  about and these plants are used by villagers as medicinal plats.

[Dinesh Valke]

Nalini ji ...


Rui (Calotropis gigantea) is not same as Shevari OR Savar (Bombax ceiba, Bombax insigne, Ceiba pentandra)

About their use in pillows:
Bombax ceiba ... Shevari (silk-cotton) is used tor certain to stuff pillows
Calotropis gigantea ... Rui is also used

Other friends may throw more light on this subject.


Photos in my flickr photostream:
Rui
Calotropis gigantea: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=Calotropisgigantea&m=tags&w=91314344%40N00&s=int

Lal Savar, OR Savar
Bombax ceiba: http://www.flickr.com/search/?s=int&w=91314344%40N00&q=Bombaxceiba&m=tags

Dev Savar
Bombax insigne: http://www.flickr.com/search/?s=int&w=91314344%40N00&q=Bombaxinsigne&m=tags

Safet Savar
Ceiba pentandra: http://www.flickr.com/search/?s=int&w=91314344%40N00&q=Ceibapentandra&m=tags



Why this silk-cotton (shevari) is used for pillows ?
One of the reason could be:
... it does not absorb moisture easily ... needs validation
... it does not form lumps or knots ... regular cotton (Gossypium) has greater tendency to knot ... needs validation.


Regards.
Dinesh

[Satish Chile]

Thanx Dinesh ji for informaton.

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Dear Nabhaji
As per my knowledge the silk cotton tree is sawar or sewari. The cotton of it is called as sewari cha kapus. Not only pillows but even beds were made with it. If you have seen the capsule/ fruit of this tree open you also will be able to see the amount of cotton produced and can get the feel too.
If I am not mistaken it has coolent effect as well as very soft hence silk cotton.
Rui is calatropis which has the cotton called Mhatari. Do you remember? We use to run behind these Mhataries\ old ladies to catch them. You can also see the quantity of cotton produced by each capsule. Rui or calatropis is mainly known for the medicinal values given on the thread. On old threads of Calatropis as written the garland of leaves is offered to god Maruti or Hanuman. Today is Ramnavami. After six days will be Hanuman Jayanti. When we can see all temples flooded with calatropis/ rui. The calatropis which produce white flowers not with purple shade is called Mandar. Loved by lord Ganesha.
Regards
Madhuri

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Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:67027] Sharing.. Beauty of seed dispersion Stages 09042011 PJ1

[Gurcharan Singh]

Thanks for interesting information Madhuri ji

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[Na Bha]

Thanks to Madhuri ji, Anand ji, Gurcharan ji,  Dinesh ji, Puttaraju ji, Satish Chile ji, Satish Phadake ji  and all others who took the trouble to answer my questions in detail.

In Bremen university there is a parkway and in late summer, the whole area is white with cotton of these trees. Everytime when I went along this way I used to think of sevari and the pillow of my grandmother. I don't go to the university regularly anymore. At present the trees are just getting new leaves. But I shall try to take fotos of those trees to find out what these trees are. 

Thanks again to all for the useful and interesting information.

 

Gurcharan ji had listen down why he likes this group.

I like this group because every day I find myself for a couple of hours in India, and I enjoy my stay there.

 

Thanks

[manudev madhavan]

Nice catch.!!! Thanks for sharing

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[PUTTARAJU K]

DEAR All,

My above  photos were shot in a span of  30 days to capture all the stages of the fruit that grew into a full pod,ripened and crack open to set the seeds afloat.... I never imagined that the seed dispersion topic would become such a wonderful subject for discussion .

Thank you all those who replied for my posting .I could not reply individually as i was attending workshop on "COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION ON BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION" also I have exhibited around 460 photographs  of nature & wild life on the invitation of DEPARTMENT OF BIOSCIENCES  MANGALORE UNIVERSITY inaugurated by Prof. M. Abdul Rahiman former VC Kannur & Calicut University , Prof. T.C.Shivashankar Murthy , Hon. VC Mangalore University , Former VC of Kuvempu University & many professionals of zoology, botany etc..  . Even the seed dispersion photo was a center of attraction. Pls find attached photos of above event.

Regards

Puttaraju

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Gurcharan ji had listen down why he likes this group.

I like this group because every day I find myself for a couple of hours in India, and I enjoy my stay there.

 

Thanks

Nalini

 

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[Ushadi micromini]

Dr. Puttaraju ji: congratualtions , for being able to reach out to a
larger audience and at different groups and levels of education and
age....
Usha di

On Apr 14, 6:46 pm, PUTTARAJU K <pakshirajka...@gmail.com> wrote:
> *DEAR All,*
> *
> *
> *My above  photos were shot in a **span of  30 days to capture all the
> stages of **the fruit that grew into a full pod,**ripened and crack open to

> set the seeds afloat.... I never imagined that the seed dispersion topic

> would become such a wonderful subject for discussion [?].*
> *Thank you all those who replied for my posting .I could not reply

> individually as i was attending workshop on "COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION ON
> BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION" also I have exhibited around 460 photographs  of
> nature & wild life on the invitation of DEPARTMENT OF BIOSCIENCES  MANGALORE
> UNIVERSITY inaugurated by Prof. M. Abdul Rahiman former VC Kannur & Calicut
> University , Prof. T.C.Shivashankar Murthy , Hon. VC Mangalore University ,
> Former VC of Kuvempu University & many professionals of zoology, botany
> etc..  . Even the seed dispersion photo was a center of attraction. Pls find

> attached photos of above event.[?]*
> *
> *
> *Regards*
> *Puttaraju*

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> On> Gurcharan ji had listen down why he likes this group.
> >> I like this group because every day I find myself for a couple of hours in
> >> India, and I enjoy my stay there.
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> >> Thanks
> >> Nalini
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