December 16, 2011

Smiling assassin ...?

Scientific name: Cerbera odollam
The grey milkweed or suicide tree is native to India and other parts of South Asia. It prefers constant salt swamps and marshy area. Flowers are white, showy, star shaped with a small yellow centre. On 1st December, 2011, as i just entered into the park near Maysore Palace, i observed this plant and took this photograph.

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