Asclepias curassavica L.

 
  • Family : ASCLEPIADACEAE
    (Milkweed Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Asclepias aurantiaca Salisb.; Asclepias bicolor Moench; Asclepias nivea var. curassavica (L.) Kuntze; Asclepias cubensis Wender.; Asclepias curassavica var. concolor Krug & Urb.; Asclepias curassavica f. flaviflora Tawada; Asclepias curassavica f. kentingensis F.C.Ho; Asclepias curassavica f. pallidiflora Griseb.; Asclepias margaritacea Hoffmanns. ex Schult.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Asclepias curassavica L.
  • Common name : Garden Silk-Weed, Blood flower, Bastard ipecac, Curassavian swallow-wort
  • Vernacular name :
    • Kakathundi (Hindi)
    • Chadurangada gida (Kannada)
    • Chemullichedi (Tamil)
    • Jilledu mandaram, Agni jilledu (Telugu)
    • Kakanasa (Sanskrit)
    • Chemullichedi, Kammalchedi (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Cultivated and wild
  • Comments / notes : Occasionally on hills above 500m, in marshy land and along stream banks. Brought into cultivation.
  • Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Karnataka
    • Kerala : Kerala
    • Maharashtra : Satara district, Thane
    • Tamil Nadu : Tamil Nadu
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng, Subansiri, Tirap
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
  • Native : Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panam
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Galápagos, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Islands, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Islands
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
    • N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
    • Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 163
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Asclepias curassavica. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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