Pan India Bouquets

Calotropis acia Buch.-Ham.

Family : Asclepiadaceae
(Milkweed Family)
Family (Hindi name) : AAK FAMILY (आक फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Apocynaceae
Synonym(s) : Asclepias herbacea Roxb.; Calotropis herbacea (Roxb.) Wight; Madorius acia (Buch.-Ham.) Kuntze
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Calotropis acia Buch.-Ham.
Habit : Undershrub
Habitat : Waste places; 100 - 900 m. altitude
Key identification features : Small shrub; young stems and inflorescence branches not cottony pubescent; leaves glabrous; petiole more than 1cm
Flower, Fruit : April-May
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, East Himalaya, India, Nepal, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Himalaya to Assam and North-East India
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 173; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 700
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Calotropis acia. Downloaded on 6 June 2023.