Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton

  • Authority

    Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.

  • Family

    Apocynaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton

  • Description

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    Species Description - Arboreous, 1-5 m. high, branched, with the aspect of a gigantic herb. Leaves obovate-oblong to broadly elliptic or nearly orbicular, mostly cuspidate at the apex, cordate at the base, white-felted when young, glabrous when old; the stout petiole 1 cm. long or less; cymes 5-8 cm. broad, several-many-flowered, on stout peduncles 4-8 cm. long; pedicels 1-3 cm. long; calyx-segments ovate, about 4 mm. long; corolla white, tinged with red, 2-2.5 cm. broad; follicles swollen, 3-8 cm. long.

  • Distribution

    Fields and waste places, spontaneous after cultivation. New Providence, Eleuthera, Little San Salvador, Cat Island, Long Island, Fortune Island, Fast Onions, Dellis' Cay. Salt Cay and Grand Turk : West Indies and continental tropical America : Old World tropics. Giant Milk-weed. St. Thomas Bush. Wild Down. Wild Cotton.

    New Providence Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| El Salvador Central America| Cat Island Bahamas South America| Long Island Bahamas South America| Grand Turk Bahamas South America| West Indies|