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 |
|---|---|
| niú jiǎo guā | Chinese |
| 牛角瓜 | Chinese |
| bowstring hemp | English |
| crown flower | English |
| crown plant | English |
| giant Indian milkweed | English |
| giant milkweed | English |
| ivory plant | English |
| tembega | English |
| yercum fibre | English |
| arbre à soie | French |
| mudar | French |
| Akonfaserstrauch | German |
| Kronenblume | German |
| safed aak | Hindi |
| seta di calotropis | Italian |
| ciúmes | Portuguese |
| alarka | Sanskrit |
| arka | Sanskrit |
| arki | Sanskrit |
| hrasvagnih | Sanskrit |
| sadapushpa | Sanskrit |
| lechoso | Spanish |
| madar | Spanish |
| mudar | Spanish |
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 )