Name: Algodón de seda, Bomba, Mudar, Tula, Giant milkweed, Roostertree
Distribution: Morocco; Western Sahara; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; Egypt (Desert Oases, Eastern Desert, Great Southwestern Desert, Nile Valley, SE-Egypt); Islas Selvagens; Canary Isl. [I] (Gran Canaria [I], Fuerteventura [I]); Cape Verde Isl. (Santo Antao Isl., Sao Vicente Isl., Santa Luzia Isl., Ilha de Sao Nicolau, Sal Isl., Ilha da Boa Vista, Ilha de Maio, Ilha de Sao Tiago, Fogo Isl., Ilha Brava); Mauritania; Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Togo; Benin; Niger; Nigeria; Cameroon; Bioko Isl. [Fernando Poo]; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; Chad (incl. Tibesti, Ennedi); Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Eritrea; Djibouti; Somalia; Soqotra; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (North-West Prov.); Iraq (SE-Iraq: Mesopotamia); Iran (S-Iran, W-Iran); Afghanistan (Kunar / Nuristan, Laghman, Nangarhar, Paktia / Khost); Israel (Rift Valley, S-Negev Desert); Sinai peninsula (S-Sinai); Jordania (S-Jordania, W-Jordania); Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, NE-Saudi Arabia, N-Saudi Arabia, Nafud Desert, Hejaz, Rub al Khali, Asir, Nejd Desert); Kuwait; Qatar [I]; Oman (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman); Yemen (Aden Desert, coastal Hadhramaut, N-Inner Yemen, SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen); China (Guangdong, Guangxi, S-Yunnan); Pakistan (Sind, Baluchistan, Kurram, N. W. Frontier Prov., Pakistani Punjab); Nepal; India (throughout); Bangladesh; Myanmar (Magway, Mandalay, Sagaing, Shan); Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; Java [I]; Australia [I] (Western Australia [I], Northern Territory [I], Queensland [I]); Austral Isl. [I] (Tubuai [I]); USA [I] (California [I]); Mexico [I]; Honduras [I]; Nicaragua [I]; Costa Rica [I]; Panama [I]; Bahamas [I]; Turks & Caicos Isl. [I]; Cuba [I]; Cayman Isl. [I]; Jamaica [I]; Dominican Republic [I]; Haiti [I]; Puerto Rico [I]; Virgin Isl. [I]; Anguilla [I]; St. Barthélémy [I]; Antigua [I]; Barbuda [I]; Montserrat [I]; Guadeloupe [I] (incl. La Désirade [I]); Martinique [I]; Grenadines [I]; St. Vincent [I]; Tobago [I]; Trinidad [I]; Aruba [I]; Bonaire [I]; Curacao [I]; Colombia [I]; Venezuela [I]; Bolivia [I]; Brazil [I]; Paraguay [I]
20 ALG EGY LBY MOR TUN WSA 21 cny CVI SEL 22 BEN BKN GAM GNB GUI IVO MLI MTN NGA NGR SEN TOG 23 BIO CAF CMN CON 24 CHA DJI ERI ETH SOC SOM SSU SUD 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 SAF 34 AFG IRN IRQ ISR JOR SIN 35 KUW OMA qat SAU YEM 36 CHI 40 BAN IND NEP PAK 41 CBD MYA THA VIE 42 jaw 50 aus 61 aui 76 usa 79 mex 80 cos hon nic pan 81 aba agu aru bah bon cay cub cur gdl his jam mar mts pue sba stv tci trt vir 82 clm ven 83 bol 84 bra 85 par
Synonyms: hidden
= Apocynum syriacum Garsault; Fig. Pl. Méd.: 114 (1764), opus utique oppr.
= Apocynum syriacum S.G.Gmel.; Reise Russland 2: 18, 257 (1774)
= Asclepias gigantea Willd.; Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 1: 1264 (1798), nom. illeg.
= Asclepias patula Decne.; Prodr. [A. DC.] 8: 536 (1844)
= Asclepias procera Aiton; Hort. Kew. 1: 305 (1789)
= Calotropis gigantea var. procera (Aiton) P.T.Li; J. S. China Agric. Univ. 12(3): 39 (1991)
= Calotropis hamiltonii Wight; Contrib. Bot. India Ind. Bot. 53 (1834)
= Calotropis heterophylla Wall. ex Wight; Contrib. Bot. India 54 (1834)
= Calotropis inflexa Chiov.; Atti Ist. Bot. Univ. Pavia, ser. IV. 7 (Fl. Somala, III): 139 (1936)
= Calotropis persica Gand.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 59 (1918)
= Calotropis procera subsp. hamiltonii (Wight) Ali; Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 38(2): 289 (1980)
= Calotropis syriaca (S.G.Gmel.) Woodson; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 17: 148 (1930)
= Calotropis wallichii Wight; Contrib. Bot. India Ind. Bot. 53 (1834)
= Madorius procerus (Aiton) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 421 (1891)
