Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton

Monteiro, Francisca, Costa, Esperança Da, Kissanga, Raquel, Costa, José Carlos & Catarino, Luís, 2022, An annotated checklist of the vascular flora of Quiçama National Park, Angola, Phytotaxa 557 (1), pp. 1-67 : 18

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/phytotaxa.557.1.1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6993251
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C087B3-F64A-9751-D1C2-F984B67EF8AA
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton
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I Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton View in CoL

Bas.: Asclepias procera Aiton View in CoL

Shrub, in disturbed sites and near settlements.

C.N.: unfuqua (kb).

Uses: medicinal.

Introduced and naturalized species, native to Macaronesia, tropical and northern Africa, and Indo-China.

Source: Adão (2017)

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Plantae
Phylum	Tracheophyta
Class	Magnoliopsida
Order	Gentianales
Family	Apocynaceae
Genus	Calotropis

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