Calotropis procera (Ait.) Ait. f.

English: Apple Of Sodom, Rubberbush

German: Sodomapfel

Mandarin: 白花牛角瓜 (bai hua niu jiao gua)

Portuguese: Flor de seda

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Gentianales (113)

        Family: Apocynaceae (37)(family description)

          Genus: Calotropis (2)

            Epithet: procera (Ait.) Ait. f. (2)

procera => tall

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: shrub

Flower colour: green, purple, white

Check for Calotropis procera at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [177] Gigant Milkweed - USDA Forest Service (pdf)
• [203] Calotropis procera - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [1496] Calotropis procera - Flora of China @ efloras.org

• [40] Nelson,L.S., Shih,R., Balick,M. (2007): Handbook of Poisonous and Injurious Plants. 2nd edition, 0(0):Springer-Verlag GmbH.