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Calotropis gigantea (L.) W. T. Aiton

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Calotropis gigantea (L.) W. T. Aiton
Calotropis gigantea (L.) W. T. Aiton
Calotropis gigantea (L.) W. T. Aiton
Calotropis gigantea (L.) W. T. Aiton
Calotropis gigantea (L.) W. T. Aiton
Calotropis gigantea (L.) W. T. Aiton
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymAsclepias gigantea L.
synonymMadorius giganteus (L.) Kuntze
synonymPeriploca chinensis Decne.
synonymPeriploca cochinchinensis Lour.
synonymStreptocaulon cochinchinense (Lour.) G. Don
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Akon
  • Akonda
Bengali
  • আকন্দ Aakanda
English
  • Bowstring hemp
  • Crown Flower
  • Giant Calotrope
  • Giant Milkweed
  • Giant Milk Weed
  • Madar
  • Milkweed
Hin
  • Ak
  • Mudar
Hindi
  • Ak
  • Mudar
  • अर्क Arka
  • सफ़ैद आक Safed Aak
Irula
  • Yerukkuchedi
Malayalam
  • Dinesam
  • Erikkalachedi
  • Erikku
  • Vella-erikku
  • Yerikku
  • ചുവന്നഎരിക്ക് Chuvannaerikk
  • വെള്ളെരിക്ക് Vellerikk
Manipuri
  • অংকোত Angkot
Marathi
  • अर्क Arka
  • अर्की Arki
  • रुइटी Ruiti
  • रुई Rui
Other
  • Bowstring Hemp
  • Crown Flower
  • Giant Calotrope
  • Giant Milkweed
  • Mandar
  • Milkweed
  • Swallow-wort
  • Yerukku
Sanskrit
  • Alarka
  • अर्क Arka
  • अर्की Arki
  • सदापुष्प Sadapushpa
  • हृस्वअग्निः Hrasvagnih
Tamil
  • Arkkam
  • Yerukku
  • எருக்கு Erukku
  • மலையெருக்கு Malaiyerukku
Telugu
  • ఉచ్చిత Uchchinta
  • ఉచ్చింత Uccinta
  • జిల్లేడి పువ్వు Jilledi Puvvu
  • జిల్లేడు Jilledu
  • నల్లజిల్లేడు Nallajilledu
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Shrub
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors 
D. Narasimhan
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    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Habit: A tall erect shrub, upto 2m.
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      Shrubs, stem rounded. Leaves 10-16 x 8-10 cm, smaller in branchlets; elliptic-ovate to obovate, apex acute or obtuse, base cordate; lateral nerves 5-7 pairs, adpressed pubescent when young, becoming glabrous on maturity. Flowers pale purple or greenish-white, 3 cm across; pedicels to 3 cm long, stout; calyx lobes to 3 mm long; corolla campanulate, tube short, lobes ovate to oblong, recurved; staminal corona of 5 vertical lobes, 1 cm long. Fruit saccate, to 6 x 3 cm, ovoid; seeds many.
      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
      Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
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        📚 Natural History
        Cyclicity
        Flowering and fruiting: Throughout the year
        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
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          Morphology
          Flower

          In terminal or lateral panicles, purple or lilac or dull white. Flowering throughout the year.

          Fruit

          A follicle, Oblong, inflattened; seeds oblong to ovate, ending in a silky coma. Fruiting throughout the year.

          Field tips

          Leaves sessile, auriculate at base, densely white powdery.

          Leaf Arrangement

          Opposite-decussate

          Leaf Type

          Simple

          Leaf Shape

          Elliptic-oblong

          Leaf Apex

          Acute

          Leaf Base

          Auriculate

          Leaf Margin

          Entire

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            Miscellaneous Details
            Food plant of the Plain Tiger butterfly and painted grasshopper.
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              📚 Habitat and Distribution
              General Habitat
              Wastelands
              Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
              Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
              Contributors 
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                Wastelands
                Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
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                  Common by the wayside in wastelands, ready colonizer. Plains from the coast, to 900m. India, Sri Lanka, tropical Himalaya, China, Malaysia.
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                    Description
                    Global Distribution

                    India: Assam, Bihar, Karnataka, Maharastra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Tamil Nadu

                    Local Distribution

                    Bongaigaon, Darrang, Dima Hasao

                    Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                    Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                    Contributors 
                    Status UNDER_CREATION
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                      Global Distribution

                      Tropical Asia

                      Indian distribution

                      State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

                      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                      Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                      Contributors 
                      Status UNDER_CREATION
                      Licenses CC_BY
                      References 
                        Found along the roadsides, wastelands and dry exposed areas from plains to 900m. Common. India, Sri Lanka, China and Malesia.
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                          📚 Occurrence
                          No Data
                          📚 Uses and Management
                          Uses
                          Medicinal
                          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                          Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                          Contributors 
                          Status UNDER_CREATION
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                            Used as a green manure in many places.
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                            Contributors 
                            Status UNDER_CREATION
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                            References 
                              Folklore
                              Indigenous Information: The whole plant is used as an insect repellent during the Sesamum orientale harvest. Young fruits are boiled in water and a paste prepared which is applied on the body to remove blood clots.
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                                📚 Information Listing
                                References
                                1. Asclepias gigantea L., Sp. Pl. 214. 1753.
                                2. Calotropis gigantea (L.) R. Br. in Ait.f., Hort. Kew (ed. 2) 2: 78. 1811; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 17. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 832(585). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 170. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 231. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 176. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 245. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 428. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 285. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 297. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 222. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 285. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 423. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 247. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 190. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 192. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 315. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 438. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 528. 2009.
                                Information Listing > References
                                1. Asclepias gigantea L., Sp. Pl. 214. 1753.
                                2. Calotropis gigantea (L.) R. Br. in Ait.f., Hort. Kew (ed. 2) 2: 78. 1811; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 17. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 832(585). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 170. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 231. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 176. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 245. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 428. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 285. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 297. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 222. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 285. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 423. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 247. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 190. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 192. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 315. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 438. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 528. 2009.

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                                📚 Meta data
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                                🐾 Taxonomy
                                RootRoot
                                KingdomPlantae
                                PhylumTracheophyta
                                ClassMagnoliopsida
                                OrderGentianales
                                FamilyApocynaceae
                                GenusCalotropis
                                SpeciesCalotropis gigantea (L.) W. T. Aiton
                                📊 Temporal Distribution
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