Apocynaceae
Balloon cottonbush
Gomphocarpus physocarpus
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Gomphocarpus
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Common names
By language (11)
- Afrikaans
- Balbos
- Assamese
- বেলুন ফুল
- Chinese
- 釘頭果, 钝钉头果, 鈍釘頭果
- English
- Balloon cottonbush, Balloon plant, Balloonplant, Butterfly flower, Milkweed
- French
- Arbre à ballons
- German
- Ballonpflanze, Breitlaubige Seidenpflanze
- Indonesian
- Bunga balon
- Irish
- Lus eala
- Japanese
- フウセントウワタ, フウセンダマノキ
- Thai
- หงส์เหิร, ดอกเข้าพรรษา, เข้าพรรษา
- Tongan
- Vavaepaluna
Synonyms
- Asclepias brasiliensis (E.Fourn.) Schltr.
- Asclepias physocarpa (E.Mey.) Schltr.
- Gomphocarpus brasiliensis E.Fourn.
- Gomphocarpus fruticosus f. brasiliensis (E.Fourn.) Briq.
Photos
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Photo: H. Zell, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Bernard DUPONT from FRANCE, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Daderot, CC0, 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). About our plant data.