Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Crown Flower (Calotropis gigantea Willd)

These are pictures of Calotropis gigantea Willd that i took it in Malang, East Java, near to my brother house. 

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Synonym name of this plant are Calotropis gigantea R.Br. and Asclepias gigantea Willd.

In Indonesia, this plant are known by many names such as babakoan, badori, biduri, widuri, saduri, sidoguri, bidhuri, burigha (Java); rubik, biduri, lembega, rembega, rumbigo (Sumatera); Manori, maduri (Bali); muduri, rembiga, kore, krokoh, kolonsusu, modo kapauk, modo kampauk (Nusa Tenggara); rambega (Sulawesi).

In English, this plant is called by name Crown Flower, Giant milk weed, mudar plant; and in Tagalog is known as  kapal-kapal.

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Scientific classification of this plant are:

Kingdom: Plantae 
     Subkingdom: Tracheobionta  
         Super Division: Spermatophyta  
             Division: Magnoliophyta  
                 Class: Magnoliopsida  
                     Sub Class: Asteridae
                         Order: Gentianales
                             Family: Asclepiadaceae
                                 Genus: Calotropis
                                     Species: Calotropis gigantea Willd

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