Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T. Aiton
ASCLEPIADACEAE
- Milkweed family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
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Name: Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T. Aiton
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Roostertree
English name: apple-of-Sodom English name: auricula-tree
Spanish name: calotropis
French name: calotrope
Italian name: calotropo
German name: Oscherstrauch
Grown habit: Tree, Shrub, Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
= Asclepias procera Aiton
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Gentianales
Family: Asclepiadaceae
Genus: Calotropis
Species:
Page counter: 1596 ( AVG: 222.11 / 291.222 )
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Calotropis procera
Habit at Maui Lani Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Calotropis procera
Flowers at Maui Lani Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Calotropis procera
Seeds and pappus at Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Calotropis procera
Leaves flowers and seedpods at Maui Lani Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Calotropis procera
Habit at Maui Lani Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Calotropis procera
Fruit at Wailuku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Calotropis procera
Spreading in sandy substrate at Maui Lani Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Calotropis procera
Leaves and flowers at Maui Lani Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Calotropis procera
Steve Hurst - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image
Calotropis procera
Fruit at Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Calotropis procera
Flowers at Maui Lani Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Calotropis procera
Habit with flowers and fruit at Maui Lani Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Calotropis procera
Open seedpod with seeds at Wailuku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Calotropis procera
Leaves flowers and seedpods at Maui Lani Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Calotropis procera
Branch with flowers at Kihei, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Calotropis procera
Habit at Maui Lani Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Calotropis procera
Plant at Kekaha, Kauai - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Calotropis procera
Leaves flowers and seedpods at Maui Lani Kahului, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (CA, HI), USA+ (PR, VI)
Map for Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T. Aiton
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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