Botanical Name / Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton

Genus: Calotropis
Group: 1 Angiosperms (Flowering Plants) - I - Dicotyledons Family: Apocynaceae Genus: Calotropis
Common sinhala name
Wara
Habit
Large Shrub
Origin
Native
Conservation status
LC-Least Concern
Legal status
Not protected
Similar species
All vernacular names
Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton
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Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton
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FlowerSL (ID-PMR), Chamila Ranamuka (ID-CR), Ruwani Perera (ID-RP), Akash Pathum (ID-AP), Jenul Flora Kathragama (ID-JFK) Sanjeewa Rupasinghe (ID-SR) Chalitha Madhuwantha (ID-CM) - IDA 100%,Jacob de Vlas (ID-JdV)
Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton

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