White Crown Flower"s (Calotropis Gigantea) Fish Scale-like White Immature Seeds : (pix Sanjiv Shukla) Stock Photography

Crown flower (Calotropis gigantea), is a large shrub. It has clusters of waxy flowers that are either white or lavender in colour. Each flower consists of five pointed petals and a small "crown" rising from the center which holds the stamens. The plant has oval, light green leaves and milky stem. Its latex contains cardiac glycosides, fatty acids, and calcium oxalate. The roots also contain Calotropone.