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    Species Accepted

    Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 49 countries or islands

      49 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      AnguillaYes
      ArgentinaNo
      AustraliaNo
      ArubaYes
      Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaYesUnknown
      Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaYesUnknown
      Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and SabaYesUnknown
      BrazilYes
      BahamasYes
      ChinaYes
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      85 results
      'ushar Arabic
      Algodoeiro-de-seda Portuguese
      Algodoncillo gigante Spanish
      Algodón de seda
      Algodón extranjero Spanish
      Apabuoŋ Dinka
      Apple of Sodom English
      Bomba
      Bombardeira Portuguese
      Buco Somali

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      1 result
      Source Dataset

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      16 results
      Garsault. Fig. Pl. Méd. 114 (1764), opus utique oppr.
      Aiton. Hort. Kew.
      Wight. Contr. Bot. India.
      Suomen Lajitietokeskus. https://laji.fi
      Chiov. (1936). Atti Ist. Bot. Univ. Pavia, Ser. 4, 7 (Fl. Somala III): 139 (1936).
      S.G.Gmel. Reise Russland.
      Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4.
      Li, P. T. (1991). J. S. China Agric. Univ. 12(3): 39 (1991).
      Gand. (1918). Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 59 (1918).
      South African National Biodiversity Institute. 2021. Botanical Database of Southern Africa (BODATSA) [offline dataset]. http://newposa.sanbi.org [Note that these data are not available at this URL as of 2021]

      Citation

      Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton in undefined