Calotropis gigantea: common name details from PIER

Common name/Language/Location

Common name	Language	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
arbre à soie	French	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
bowstring hemp	English	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
calotrope	English	?	? (0)
crown flower	English	?	Smith, Albert C. (1988) (p. 110)
crownplant	English	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
giant milkweed	English	?	Vander Velde, Nancy (2003) (p. 68)
lechoso	Spanish	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
madar	English	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
mercure végétal	French	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
mudar	French	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
niu jiao gua	Chinese	?	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)
puakalaunu	Hawaiian	Hawaiian Islands	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 238)
tahinu	Tahitian	Society Islands	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 46)
te bumorimori	I-Kiribati	Kiribati (Republic of)	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 27)

Language/Location/Common name

Language	Location	Common name	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
Chinese	?	niu jiao gua	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)
English	?	bowstring hemp	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
English	?	calotrope	? (0)
English	?	crown flower	Smith, Albert C. (1988) (p. 110)
English	?	crownplant	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
English	?	giant milkweed	Vander Velde, Nancy (2003) (p. 68)
English	?	madar	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
French	?	arbre à soie	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
French	?	mercure végétal	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
French	?	mudar	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Hawaiian	Hawaiian Islands	puakalaunu	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 238)
I-Kiribati	Kiribati (Republic of)	te bumorimori	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 27)
Spanish	?	lechoso	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Tahitian	Society Islands	tahinu	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 46)

Location/Language/Common name

Location	Language	Common name	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
?	Chinese	niu jiao gua	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)
?	English	bowstring hemp	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
?	English	calotrope	? (0)
?	English	crown flower	Smith, Albert C. (1988) (p. 110)
?	English	crownplant	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
?	English	giant milkweed	Vander Velde, Nancy (2003) (p. 68)
?	English	madar	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
?	French	arbre à soie	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
?	French	mercure végétal	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
?	French	mudar	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
?	Spanish	lechoso	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Hawaiian Islands	Hawaiian	puakalaunu	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 238)
Kiribati (Republic of)	I-Kiribati	te bumorimori	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 27)
Society Islands	Tahitian	tahinu	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 46)

Language/Common name/Location

Language	Common name	Location	PIER bibliographic reference	Comments
Chinese	niu jiao gua	?	Zhengyi, Wu/Raven, Peter H./Deyuan, Hong (2013)
English	bowstring hemp	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
English	calotrope	?	? (0)
English	crown flower	?	Smith, Albert C. (1988) (p. 110)
English	crownplant	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
English	giant milkweed	?	Vander Velde, Nancy (2003) (p. 68)
English	madar	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
French	arbre à soie	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
French	mercure végétal	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
French	mudar	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Hawaiian	puakalaunu	Hawaiian Islands	Wagner, Warren L./Herbst, Derral R./Sohmer, S. H. (1999) (p. 238)
I-Kiribati	te bumorimori	Kiribati (Republic of)	Thaman, R. R. (1987) (p. 27)
Spanish	lechoso	?	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2013)
Tahitian	tahinu	Society Islands	Welsh, S. L. (1998) (p. 46)

This page was created on 30 SEP 2005 by PT for PIER, and was last updated on 26 Feb 2019 by PIER.