Summary ⁶

Calotropis procera (known by the common names apple of Sodom, Sodom apple, mudar, or osher or stabragh) is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, that is native to North Africa, Tropical Africa, Western Asia, South Asia, and Indochina. It is commonly known as apple of Sodom, a name derived from the Hebrew Tapuah Sdom. The green globes are hollow but the flesh contains a toxic milky sap that is extremely bitter and...

Description ⁷

Shrub or small tree with a rough corky bark, stems producing copious latex when broken. Leaves glaucous, ± sessile; inflorescence terminal; flowers purplish-pink and white; fruits inflated; seeds with pappus of silky hairs.

Diagnostic ⁸

Habit: Shrub

Sources and Credits

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6. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calotropis_procera
7. (c) Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/30285985
8. (c) India Biodiversity Portal, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://eol.org/data_objects/26080272

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• African Plants - a photo guide
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Calflora
• CalPhotos
• Catalogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• Jepson eFlora
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• World Flora Online

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