Calotropis

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Calotropis (from Greek words referring to the beauty of parts of the flower). Aslepiadaceae. Milkweed-like shrubs, or small trees, grown in the American tropics and one species offered in southern California. Branching, glabrous or tomentose-canescent: lvs. opposite, subsessile, broad: fls. with 5-parted calyx glandular inside; corolla bell-shaped or somewhat rotate, 5-parted with broad lobes; crown of 5 narrow fleshy scales adnate to the staminal tube and free and recurved at the base; pollinia solitary in each cell, obovate-oblong and compressed, hanging from the apex: fr. short horned gibbous acuminate pods mostly in pairs; seeds with silky hairs. — Three species in Trop. Asia and Afr., sometimes grown under glass in collections but in this country practically confined to the tropics. The bark of C. gigantea produces a strong fiber, and the acrid milky juice dries into a substance like gutta-percha. The silk on the seeds is used in fabrics by natives: that of C. procera is said to be exported from the Cape Verde Isls. as kapok (kapok is usually from the ceiba or silk-cotton tree). CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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