Calotropis procera (Aiton) Dryand. ex.

Common Name : Swallo-wort
Family : Asclepiadaceae

HABIT

A HARDY, ERECT, PUBESCENT EVERGREEN SHRUB.

STEMS

ANGULAR, RIBBED, THICKENED ABOVE THE NODE, MORE OR LESS DENSELY HAIRY.

LEAVES

LEAVES SUBSESSILE, BROADLY OVATE, OVATEOBLONG, ELLIPTIC OR ABOVATE, ACUTE OR MUCRONATE, SLIGHTLY CORDATE AND AURICLED AT BASE, COTTONYPUBESCENT WHEN YOUNG, GLABROUS WHEN FULLGROWN, 5-23 CM LONG AND 4-9 CM WIDE, PALE GREEN ABOVE, WHITE TAWNY BENEATH.

FLOWERS

WHITE TO PINK, TINGED WITH PURPLE.

FRUITS

FOLLICLE SUBGLOBOSE, ELLIPSOID OR OVOID, RECURVED, GENERALLY 10-14 CM LONG.

SEEDS

NUMEROUS, OVOID, ACUTE NARROWLY MARGINED, LIGHT BROWN, WITH A WHITE TUFT OF SILKY HAIR (COMA) AT THE POINTED END.