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Calotropis gigantea - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Dodoma Region, Tanzania; 8/2013 © Jörn Germer

Calotropis gigantea - Inflorescence, close-up - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence, close-up; Dodoma Region, Tanzania; 8/2013 © Jörn Germer

Calotropis gigantea - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Dodoma Region, Tanzania; 8/2013 © Jörn Germer

Calotropis gigantea - Lower surface of leaf, close-up - Click to enlarge!

Lower surface of leaf, close-up; Dodoma Region, Tanzania; 8/2013 © Jörn Germer

Calotropis gigantea - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Dodoma Region, Tanzania; 8/2013 © Jörn Germer

Calotropis gigantea - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Dodoma Region, Tanzania; 8/2013 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 2144
Date of entry: 11.09.2013
Last update: 11.01.2020

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Gentianales (113)

        Family: Apocynaceae (37)(family description)

          Genus: Calotropis (2)

            Epithet: gigantea (L.) Dryand. (3)

gigantea => gigantic, unusually higher than the type

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: purple, violet

External links

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World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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