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Giant Milkweeds
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Giant Milkweeds

Calotropis

Calotropis is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. It is native to southern Asia and North Africa.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

giant milkweed

speciesCalotropis procera

crown flower

speciesCalotropis gigantea

Calotropis acia

speciesCalotropis acia

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Giant Milkweeds in The Plants of Egypt

The Plants of Egypt

Prospero Alpini · 1592 · p.84

Giant Milkweeds in Drei Monate in der libyschen Wüste

Drei Monate in der libyschen Wüste

Gerhard Rohlfs · 1875 · p.337

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 67577.