Herbaria

Family

Apocynaceae

subfamily

Asclepiadoideae

Genus

Calotropis R.Br.

Species

Calotropis procera (Aiton)W.A.Aiton

herbariaSubsps

herbariaVariety

Authority

(Aiton)W.A.Aiton

citation

Hort. Kew.,ed.2, 2: 78 (1811)

herbariaSynonyms

Asclepias procera Aiton

DiagnosticCharacters

herbariaPhytogeographicalTerritory

CAI (Nv-Nn-Ol-On-Da-Dg-S-Ra-Rz)

CAIRC (Nn-Ra-Rq- Ge-Da-Ol-Di)

ASTU (Nn-On)

CAIA (Ge)

TANE (S, R, Dg)

Map

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herbariaSubLocality

Wadi Kansisrab, Gebel Elba, Marsa Alam, Red Sea Governorate

TANE (Wadi Allaqi South Sinai Aswan Gebel Elba Southern Sinai Red Sea Marsa Allam Aswan Eastern Desert Red Sea Marsa Allam Aswan)Wadi Degla protectrate

herbariaDetailedLocality

CAIA N: 25° 6' 29.304'' E: 33° 47' 47.544''

herbariaDate

24 / 10 / 1956

24/Oct/1956

TANE (10-2015 to 10-2016 5/7/2004 11/21/1984 3/12/1984 5/7/2004 6/12/1996 12/12/1984 3/7/1984 6/26/1996 1/23/1989)

herbariaCollector

A. Khattab

A.Khattab and A.S.Al-Nowaihi

TANE (Ashraf Salem K. Shaltout et al Springul and M. Gabr Shaltout and Sharaf El-Din Shatout et al. Shaltout et al Sheded Sheded Shaltout and Sharaf El-Din Shaltout, El-Kady, El-Fahar, Al-Sodany Mohamed Gaber and M. Soghiar)

herbariaCollectorNo

herbariaNoOfSheets

herbariaHerbariumAbbr

CAI

CAIRC

ASTU

CAIA

TANE

herbariaBarCode

herbariaTotalNoOfSheets

CAI (110)

CAIRC (9)

ASTU (9)

CAIA(5)

TANE (26)

Habitat

Sandy desert

FlFrperiod

December-March

LifeForm

Phanerophyte

LifeSpan

Perennial

herbariaArabicName

Oshar عشار

EnglishName

herbariaUses

medicinal

GlobalDistribution

N Africa, Arabia to Iran and India, introduced to T Africa

Chorology

herbariaIUCNcategriesAvailable

herbariaBibliography

herbariaFullCitation

Täckholm, V. 1974. Students' Flora of Egypt ed.2. Cairo University

Boulos, L. 2000. Flora of Egypt, vol.2. Al Hadara publishing, Cairo, Egypt

El Hadidi, M.N.& Fayed, A. 1994/95. Materials for Excursion Flora of Egypt (EFE). Taeckholmia 15

Boulos, L. 2009. Flora of Egypt Checklist, Revised annotated edition, Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo, Egypt

Bedair, H., Shaltout, K. H., Ahmed, D. A., Sharaf El-Din, A., El-Fahhar, R. (2020). Characterization of wild trees and shrubs in the Egyptian flora. Egypt. J. Bot. Vol. 60, No. 1, pp. 147-168.

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