Date – 26th December, 2018

Place- Mysore

Specimen collected by- Austin Bennett

Class – 5

School – Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mysore

The latex of Calotropis gigantia is a milky juice and is known to cause toxic karatoconjunctivitis and reversible vision loss.It is also a rich source of useful components that has medicinal properties. It controls bleeding.The surface of leaf is rough and has white powdery substance and consists of trickiness when observed through foldscope.