Calotropis gigantea
(L.) W.T.AitonNOT EVALUATEDPublished in Aiton, W. T. (1811). In: Hortus Kew. Ed. 2, 2: 78.
The native range of this species is S. China to Tropical Asia. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used as a poison and a medicine, has environmental uses and social uses and for fuel and food.
