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. |