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Calotropis gigantea plant in southern part of India near Bangalore Calotropis gigantea flower in Belur Math, Howrah, West Bengal. Calotropis gigantea, the crown flower, is a species of Calotropis native to Cambodia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, China, Pakistan, and Nepal.
Calotropis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810.It is native to southern Asia and North Africa. [2]They are commonly known as milkweeds because of the latex they produce.
A small plant of stabragh in Ab Pakhsh Seeds. Calotropis procera is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae that is native to Northern and Tropical Africa, Western Asia, South Asia and Indochina (mainland Southeast Asia).
[6] [9] In places like Mysore and Melkote, ceremonial processions carry the Surya Mandala - the icon of Surya. [9] Arka (in Sanskrit, meaning a ray or flash of lightning) leaves,also called Aak in Hindi, Ekka (in Kannada), Jilledu in Telugu, Erukku in Tamil and Calotropis Gigantea (bowstring hemp) in English. Arka is also a synonym for Surya or ...
The book was reviewed by the scientific community as an incredibly comprehensive book which considerably accelerated the knowledge of economic botany and tropical plants. [1] H. Cammerloher mentions in his review, written at the time of publication, that Heyne's book is the most comprehensive book on tropical plants written to date.
Gnetum gnemon is a gymnosperm species of Gnetum, its native area spans from Mizoram and Assam in India down south through Malay Peninsula, Malay Archipelago and the Philippines in southeast Asia to the western Pacific islands. [3]
The Cultivation System (Dutch: cultuurstelsel) was a Dutch government policy from 1830–1870 for its Dutch East Indies colony (now Indonesia). Requiring a portion of agricultural production to be devoted to export crops, it is referred to by Indonesian historians as tanam paksa ("enforced planting").
Lygodium are unusual in that the rachis, or midrib, of the frond is thin, flexible, and long, the frond unrolling with indeterminate growth and the rachis twining around supports, so that each frond forms a distinct vine.