Calotropis Gigantea Crown Flower

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Calotropis gigantea
Calotropis gigantea Flower

Calotropis Gigantea Crown Flower  in Thailand they are used in various floral arrangements. In Indonesia its flowers are called Widuri. They were also supposed to be popular with the Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani, who considered them as symbol of royalty and wore them strung into leis. While in Cambodia, they are used in funerals to decorate the urn or sarcophagus and the interior of the house holding the funeral. The fruit is a follicle and when dry, seed dispersal is by wind.

 Calotropis Gigantea Crown Flower

The scientific classification of  Calotropis gigantea
Kingdom:     Plantae
(unranked):     Angiosperms
(unranked):     Eudicots
(unranked):     Asterids
Order:     Gentianales
Family:     Apocynaceae
Subfamily:     Asclepiadoideae
Genus:     Calotropis
Species:     C. gigantea
Binomial name
Calotropis gigantea
(L.) W.T.Aiton 1811 not (L.) R. Br. 1811

Synonyms:
    Asclepias gigantea L.
    Calotropis gigantea (L.) R. Br. ex Schult.
    Madorius giganteus (L.) Kuntze
    Periploca cochinchinensis Lour.
    Streptocaulon cochinchinense (Lour.) G. Don
Sources by:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calotropis_gigantea

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