Apocynaceae
Roostertree
Calotropis procera
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Calotropis
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Common names
By language (36)
- Amharic
- ቅምቦ
- Arabic
- عشار باسق, عشار, نبات العشار
- arz
- عشار باسق
- Bambara
- Nponponpogolon
- Bangla
- ছোট আকন্দ
- Bulgarian
- Висок калотропис
- Chinese
- 白花牛角瓜, 圆果牛角瓜, 金玉桃
- Czech
- Plchoplod otevřený
- dag
- Walapuɣu
- din
- Apabuoŋ
- English
- Roostertree, Sodomís apple milkweed
- Esperanto
- Sodoma pomo
- French
- Pommier de Sodome, Roustonnier, Thora thora, Torcha
- German
- Oscher, Fettblattbaum
- guc
- To'olopana
- Hausa
- Tumfafiya
- Hebrew
- פתילת המדבר הגדולה, פתילת-המדבר הגדולה, תפוח סדום
- Hungarian
- Szodomai alma
- kai
- Cìlànfàaɗì
- Kannada
- ಅರ್ಕ
- Korean
- 소돔사과, 소돔애플
- lah
- اکّ
- Malayalam
- ചിറ്റെരിക്ക്
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Sodomaeple
- pap
- Catunbom
- Persian
- استبرق
- Polish
- Mleczara wyniosła
- Punjabi
- ਅੱਕ
- Russian
- Калотропис высокий
- Sindhi
- اڪُ
- Sinhala
- වරා
- Spanish
- Tula
- Swedish
- Gråbladig kronbuske, Sodomäpple
- Tamil
- வெள்ளெருக்கு
- Telugu
- తెల్ల జిల్లేడు, తెల్లజిల్లేడు, శ్వేతార్క
- Walloon
- Pemî d' Sodome, Torza
Synonyms
- Apocynum syriacum Garsault
- Apocynum syriacum S.G.Gmel.
- Asclepias gigantea Willd.
- Asclepias patula Decne.
- Asclepias procera Aiton
- Calotropis gigantea var. procera (Aiton) P.T.Li
- Calotropis hamiltonii Wight
- Calotropis heterophylla Wall.
- Calotropis inflexa Chiov.
- Calotropis persica Gand.
- Calotropis procera subsp. hamiltonii (Wight) Ali
- Calotropis syriaca (S.G.Gmel.) Woodson
- Calotropis wallichii Wight
- Madorius procerus (Aiton) Kuntze
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 1,883 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Hawaii: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: hadanie7, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Carlos Miranda Levy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wilfredo Rodríguez, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juanito Escamilla, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: pavlaki1968, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Saban-Sequén, E.A., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.