Dear Ms. Albinus Please find the info below for your mystery plant. Family = ASCLEPIADACEAE (Milkweed family) Genus = Calotropis Specie = Gigantea (Gigantia in India)
Common English Name = Giant Mikweed or Giant Swallow-wort Scientific Name = Calotropis gigantea Local Names: Erukku in Kerala Akanda in Bengal For more info: USDA (United States Dept. Of Agriculture) http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CAGI11 Purdue University http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/CropFactSheets/calotropis.html ========================================================== > Message: 10 > Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 22:07:22 -0500 > From: Tine Albinus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Goanet] Plant identification > To: goanet@goanet.org > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To Goanet > Im contacting you with the hope, that you with your knowledge of Goa can either help me yourself or know somebody knowledgeable about plants who can. I am a Danish journalist, writing among other things about gardens. I am a frequent visitor in Goa and enjoy the flora here. There is one plant very common to Goa that Im trying to find the name of in English and Latin. When I talk to people, they refer to it as Silk cotton, but I havent been able to find anybody, who knows the real name. It is difficult to describe it precisely in words, but a photo can be found at: http://www.goanet.org/images/topics/EmailPhotos/Silk-Cotton.jpg Can you help me or do you know anybody, who can? I would be very grateful for your help. Yours sincerely Tine Albinus Journalist Denmark Asit K. Ghosh http://www.asitghosh.com Rockledge, Florida 32955, USA LATI 28* 19' 5" North / LONG 80* 43' 41" West
