Scientific Name :
Asclepias curassavica L.
Synonym :
Asclepias aurantiaca Salisb.
Asclepias cubensis Wender.
Common Name : Silkweed, Kakatundi, Pivla Chitrak
Plant Family : Apocynaceae
Habit : Shrub
Plant Description
Flowering & Fruiting : January to December
Flower Colour : Orange red and yellow
Description : Height: Up to 1m
Stem: Pale, erect, milky sap
Leaves: Simple, opposite, oblanceolate, lanceolate,milky latex, apex acuminate
Flowers: Bracteate, sepals 5 polysepalous, petals 5 gamopetalous,
filaments attached to corolla base, corona lobes present yellow or orange colour, gynostegium, bicarpellary
Inflorescence: Simple umbel
Fruit:Follicle and beaked, seeds flat containing silky white tufts
Native/ Exotic : E
Locality : VT
Distribution Range : Mexico to Tropical America.
Uses : Attracts insects such as butterfly for nectar
Used as ornamental plants in gardens.
