Garden Silk-Weed
Asclepias curassavica
Also known as Blood flower, Bastard ipecac, Curassavian swallow-wort
About Garden Silk-Weed
Asclepias curassavica, commonly known as tropical milkweed, is a flowering plant species of the milkweed genus, Asclepias. It is native to the American tropics and has a pantropical distribution as an introduced species. Other common names include bloodflower or blood flower, cotton bush, hierba de la cucaracha, Mexican butterfly weed, redhead, scarlet milkweed, and wild ipecacuanha.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Asclepias curassavica
- Genus
- Asclepias
- Family
- ASCLEPIADACEAE
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Cultivated and wild
- Native to
- Tropical America
- Distribution
- Naturalized in tropics
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- काकाटुन्डी Kakatundi
- Bengali
- মরিচা ফুল, ইপিকাক, লাল মুন্ডি
- Telugu
- జిల్లేడు మందార
- Kannada
- ಕಾಕತುಂಡಿ Kakatundi
- Malayalam
- ചെമ്മുള്ളി
- Marathi
- पिवला चित्रक Pivla chitrak, Halad kunku
Asclepiadaceae
Milkweed Family
Garden Silk-Weed belongs to the Asclepiadaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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