Calotropis gigantea(CTRGI)
Overview Code created in: 2002-02-03
- EPPO Code: CTRGI
- Preferred name: Calotropis gigantea
- Authority: (Linnaeus) Aiton
Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia (Malaya, Java, Sulawesi), China. Cultivated as an ornamental. Introduced in Malesia (Philippines), Angola, Kenya to Mozambique, Cuba, South America (Colombia, Venezuela), New Guinea, Australia (Northern, Queensland)
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| bowstring hemp | English |
| crown flower | English |
| crown plant | English |
| giant Indian milkweed | English |
| giant milkweed | English |
| ivory plant | English |
| tembega | English |
| yercum fibre | English |
| Akonfaserstrauch | German |
| Kronenblume | German |
| arbre à soie | French |
| mudar | French |
| lechoso | Spanish |
| madar | Spanish |
| mudar | Spanish |
| seta di calotropis | Italian |
| ciúmes | Portuguese |
| niú jiǎo guā | Chinese |
| 牛角瓜 | Chinese |
| safed aak | Hindi |
| alarka | Sanskrit |
| arka | Sanskrit |
| arki | Sanskrit |
| hrasvagnih | Sanskrit |
| sadapushpa | Sanskrit |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Lamiids (
1LAMD )
Order
Gentianales (
1GENO )
Family
Apocynaceae (
1APOF )
Subfamily
Asclepiadoideae (
1ASCS )
Genus
Calotropis (
1CTRG )
Species
Calotropis gigantea (
CTRGI )