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Calotropis gigantea, the crown flower, is a species of Calotropis native to Cambodia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, China, Pakistan, and Nepal. [ 2 ] It is a large shrub growing to 4 m (13 ft) tall.
Calotropis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. It is native to southern Asia and North Africa. [2] They are commonly known as milkweeds because of the latex they produce. Calotropis species are considered common weeds in some parts of the world.
C. gigantea may refer to: Callindra gigantea, a moth species; Calotropis gigantea, the crown flower, a plant species native to Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Sri Lanka; Calvatia gigantea, the giant puffball, a puffball mushroom species; Carnegiea gigantea, the saguaro, a large tree-sized cactus species
Caution: some websites seem to confuse Calotropis procera with Calotropis gigantea! "Apples of Sodom" . The American Cyclopædia. 1879. Addry, Limiaa Suliman Elnoor Abu (2005). Determination of Cu, Zn, Co, and Pb in A Sudanese Medicinal and Aromatic Plant (Calotropis procera Ait) (PDF) (Thesis). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-03-27
This is a list of species of fauna that have been observed in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items . ( February 2011 )
This list of mammals of Oklahoma lists all wild mammal species recorded in the state of Oklahoma. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This includes mammals that are extirpated from the state and species introduced into the state.
All of the state frequently experiences temperatures above 100 °F (38 °C), or below 0 °F (−18 °C) (though subzero temperatures are rare in southeastern Oklahoma), [20] and snowfall ranges from an average of less than 4 inches (10 cm) in the far south to just over 20 inches (51 cm) on the border of Colorado in the panhandle. [8]
Arundinaria gigantea in a canebrake in Kentucky. A canebrake or canebreak is a thicket of any of a variety of Arundinaria grasses: A. gigantea, A. tecta and A. appalachiana. As a bamboo, these giant grasses grow in thickets up to 24 feet (7.3 m) tall. A. gigantea is generally found in stream valleys and ravines throughout the southeastern ...