Gomphocarpus fruticosus(GOPFR)
Overview Code created in: 1996-10-28
- EPPO Code: GOPFR
- Preferred name: Gomphocarpus fruticosus
- Authority: (Linnaeus) Aiton
Western Asia (Yemen to Arabia), Sudan to Kenya, Angola and Mozambique, South Africa. Cultivated as an ornamental. Introduced in Mediterranean area, Caucasus, Central Asia (Turkmenistan), India, Indochina (Vietnam), China, USA (California), Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Australia (Queensland, South Australia, New South Wales, Tasmania, New Zealand
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Asclepias fruticosa | Linnaeus |
| Name | Language |
|---|---|
| bristly-fruited silkweed | English |
| Cape cotton | English |
| duckbush | English |
| narrow-leaf cotton bush | English |
| swanbush | English |
| Milchbusch | German |
| arbre aux perruches | French |
| asclépiade fruticuleuse | French |
| faux cotonnier | French |
| gomphocarpe | French |
| gomphocarpe fruticuleux | French |
| gomphocarpe ligneux | French |
| árbol de la seda | Spanish |
| mata de la seda | Spanish |
| miraguano | Spanish |
| albera della seta | Italian |
| albero della seta | Italian |
| falso cotone | Italian |
| lino dell'India | Italian |
| algodeiro-falso | Portuguese |
| árvore-da-seda | Portuguese |
| falso-algodoeiro | Portuguese |
| sedas | Portuguese |
| sumaúma | Portuguese |
| sumaúma-bastarda | Portuguese |
| fûsen-dama-no-ki | Japanese |
| fûsen-tôwata | Japanese |
| フウセンダマノキ | Japanese |
| フウセントウワタ | Japanese |
| харг кустарниковый | Russian |
| pamuk ağacı | Turkish |
| blaasoppies | Afrikaans |
| gansies | Afrikaans |
| kapokbossie | Afrikaans |
| tontelbos | Afrikaans |
| gomfokarp | Albanian |
| seder | Catalan |
| dīng tóu guǒ | Chinese |
| 钉头果 | Chinese |
| svila | Croatian |
| γομφόκαρπος θαμνώδης | Greek |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Lamiids (
1LAMD )
Order
Gentianales (
1GENO )
Family
Apocynaceae (
1APOF )
Subfamily
Asclepiadoideae (
1ASCS )
Genus
Gomphocarpus (
1GOPG )