Accepted scientific name:
Calotropis procera (accepted name)
Synonyms: -
Infraspecific taxon: Calotropis procera subsp. hamiltonii (Wight) S.I. Ali
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Algodón de seda - -
Bomba - -
Giant milkweed - -
Mudar - -
Roostertree - -
Tula - -
Classification:
Plantae CoL
Phylum Tracheophyta CoL
Class Magnoliopsida CoL
Order Gentianales CoL
Family Apocynaceae World Plants
Genus Calotropis World Plants
Distribution: Canary Isl. (introduced) (Gran Canaria(introduced)), Cape Verde Isl. (Santo Antao Isl., Sao Vicente Isl., Santa Luzia Isl., Ilha de Sao Nicolau, Sal Isl., Ilha da Boa Vista, Ilha de Maio, Ilha de Sao Tiago, Fogo Isl., Ilha Brava), Salvajes Isl., NW-Africa, Sahara, Libya, Algeria, Morocco, S-Algeria, S-Morocco, Sahara, Sahel Zone, C-Sahara, NC-Sahara, S-Sahara, SC-Sahara, S-Saharan Mts., China (Guangdong, Guangxi, S-Yunnan), Afghanistan, India, Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, Kurram, N.W.Frontier Prov., Pakistani Punjab), Myanmar [Burma] (Magway, Mandalay, Sagaing, Shan), Darjeeling, Sikkim, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam, trop. Africa (dry parts), Socotra, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Austral Isl. (introduced) (Tubuai(introduced)), Egypt (Desert Oases, Eastern Desert, Great Southwestern Desert, Nile Valley, SE-Egypt), Iran (S-Iran, W-Iran: Mts.), Iraq (SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia), Israel (E-Israel: Rift Valley, S-Negev Desert), Jordania (S-Jordania, W-Jordania), Kuwait, Oman (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman), Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, NE-Saudi Arabia, N-Saudi Arabia, N-Saudi Arabia: Nafud Desert, NW-Saudi Arabia: Hejaz, S-Saudi Arabia: Rub al Khali, SW-Saudi Arabia: Asir, WC-Saudi Arabia: Nejd Desert), Sinai peninsula (Southern Sinai), Yemen (Aden Desert, coastal Hadhramaut, N-Inner Yemen, SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen), USA (introduced) (California(introduced)), U.S. Virgin Isl. (introduced), C-Mexico (introduced), Costa Rica (introduced), Panama (introduced), Western Australia (introduced), Northern Territory (introduced), Queensland (introduced), Java (introduced), Jamaica (introduced), Puerto Rico (introduced), Bahamas (introduced), Turks & Caicos Isl. (introduced), Cuba (introduced), Haiti (introduced), Dominican Republic (introduced), Aruba (introduced), Bonaire (introduced), Curacao (introduced), Brazil (introduced), Venezuela (introduced), Nicaragua (introduced), Lesser Antilles (introduced) (Anguilla (introduced), St. Barts (introduced), Barbuda (introduced), Antigua (introduced), Montserrat (introduced), Guadeloupe (introduced), La Desirade (introduced), Martinique (introduced), St. Vincent (introduced), Grenadines(introduced)), Trinidad (introduced), Tobago (introduced), Paraguay (introduced)
Lifezones: -
Additional data: Binomial generated by Sp2000
Source database: World Plants, Mar 2014   100%
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: -
Online resource: http://worldplants.webarchiv.kit.edu//
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:2727bd5a-ac8f-11e3-805d-020044200006:col20140401