Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Asclepiadaceae | Genus: Calotropis | Species: Calotropis gigantea (L.) Dryand |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Asclepias gigantea | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Ak, Arka, Mudar,Safed Aak | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Crown Flower, Giant Indian Milkweed | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Angkot | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 1000 m | Fruit Type | Follicle |
| Habit | Shrub | Fruit Details | A simple, fleshy, inflated, subglobose to obliquely ovoid follicle up to 10 cm or more in diameter |
| Habitat | Occurs in wastelands, ready colonizer plains from the coast | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | India, Sri Lanka, China and Malesia | Bark Details | Bark yellowish white and furrowed |
| Distribution in manipur | Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | A large shrub growing to 4 m (13 ft) tall has clusters of waxy flowers that are either white or lavender in colour | Leaf Details | Leaves 5-30X2.5-15.5 cm, apex abruptly and shortly acuminate |
