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Calotropis gigantea plant in southern part of India near Bangalore Calotropis gigantea flower in Belur Math, Howrah, West Bengal. 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.
Calotropis procera. Calotropis gigantea and C. procera are the two most common species in the genus. Both plants can attain an average height of 8 to 10 ft (2.4 to 3.0 m) although they can occasionally become as tall as 14 to 16 ft (4.3 to 4.9 m).
Common names for the plant include Apple of Sodom, [2] Sodom apple, roostertree, [3] king's crown, [4] small crownflower, [3] giant milkweed, [5] rubber bush, [2] and rubber tree. [2] The names "Apple of Sodom" and " Dead Sea Apple " stem from the ancient authors Josephus and Tacitus , who described the plant growing in the area of biblical ...
Arka (in Sanskrit, meaning a ray or flash of lightning) leaves,also called Aak in Hindi, Ekka (in Kannada), Jilledu in Telugu, Erukku in Tamil and Calotropis Gigantea (bowstring hemp) in English. Arka is also a synonym for Surya or Sun. Its significance to sun god could be compared to the significance of tulasi (Ocimum tenuiflorum) leaves to ...
European alder (sacrifice plant), hairy vetch, [96] crownvetch, [96] sericea lespedeza [96] Apple trees, [81] grasses [96] Black walnut is harmful to the growth of all nightshade plants, including Datura or Jimson weed, eggplant, mandrake, deadly nightshade or belladonna, capsicum (paprika, chile pepper), potato, tomato, and petunia.
Calophyllum inophyllum is a large evergreen plant, commonly called tamanu, oil-nut, mastwood, beach calophyllum or beautyleaf. [2] It is native to the Old World Tropics, from Africa through Asia to Australia and Polynesia.
Gnetum gnemon is a gymnosperm species of Gnetum, its native area spans from Mizoram and Assam in India down south through Malay Peninsula, Malay Archipelago and the Philippines in southeast Asia to the western Pacific islands. [3]
Genipa americana trees are up to 30 m tall and up to 60 cm dbh. [2] [3] [4] Their bark is smooth with little fissures. [4]The leaves are opposite, obovate, or obovate oblong, 10–35 cm long, 6–13 cm wide, and glossy dark green, with entire margin, acute or acuminate apex, and attenuated base.