Cluster of Crown flowerCrown Flower is a Evergreen, semi-deciduous flowering plant that native to India and Sri Lanka. Also native to Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, and and several other Asian countries and naturalized to South American Continent . It is use as a herb in Ayurveda medicine in Sri Lanka. Also other countries used the plant as a herb but not only use for the herb in some countries that they used in ornamental and industrial purposes. The plant can be found in wet-zone or dry-zone in Sri Lanka as a weed in wild, or disturbed urban lots such as along road sideways, back yards as well as border of paddy fields and abandoned croplands.
| Common Classification | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Common Names | Giant Milkweed, Crown flower, Sodom apple | ||
| Sinhalese Name | Wara, Nil Wara | ||
| Category | Weed Herb Wild | ||
| Scientific Classification | |||
| Scientific Name | Calotropis gigantea | ||
| Family | Apocynaceae | ||
| Genus | Calotropis | Species | C.gigantea |
| Synonym | Madorius giganteus, Periploca cochinchinensis, Streptocaulon cochinchinense | ||
| Ecology | |||
| Growth Habit | Tree Shrub | Status - Native | Indigenous Introduced Exotic |
| Duration | Annual | Status (controlling) | n/a |
| Propriety | |||
| Culinary / Edible | No | Other use | Industrial |
| Use as Herb | Yes | Poisoned / Toxin | Yes |
| Identification | |||
 Crown flower ("Wara Mala" In Sinhalese ) |  Leaves of Milky weed or Crown flower plant | ||
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