M.G. Gilbert (2006) Calotropis. Flora of Somalia 3: 144
Plants stout, weakly to strongly branched succulent shrubs, 2-7 m tall; young parts shortly tomentose, often appearing farinose, glabrescent. Leaves subsessile or shortly petiolate; blades 7-26 m long, 4-15.5 cm wide, glaucous, usually broadly obovate, varying to obovate, oblong-ovate, or elliptic, bases cordate, often obscuring the petioles, tips rounded or obtuse with short, acuminate tips. Peduncles robust, (0-)3-8 cm long; pedicles slender, 1-3.5 cm long. Sepals 4-5 mm long,3-4 mm wide, ovate, acute or subacute; corollas campanulate, white with purple tips to the lobes, glabrous; lobes erect or spreading; corona lobes white or purple, 5-6 mm long, about 3 mm wide, oblong, obliquely truncate or rounded, cleft radially in their distal halves, margins minutely scabrous, basal spurs about 2 mm long. Follicles 8-13 cm long, ovoid to subglobose, with one side somewhat flattened, tips somewhat acute or depressed.
Calotropis procera grows in bushalnd, oftern in dry river beds or disturbed areas, at elevations up to 1200 m, It has been found in regions N1, N2, S1, and S2 of the Flora of Somalia and in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and drier parts of of tropical Africa, Arabia, and India. It has also been naturalized elsewhere in the tropics.
Geed gaab illaa 4 m ah, laamihiisu ka soo baxaan gunta hoose oo leh dheecaan caanaha u eeg. Caleemo isa soo eegaya, qaabka ugxanta ah, oo cagaar khafiifa ah, hareeruhuna siman yihiin, oo ay dabooleen gas sida demiska ah. Ubax si koox ah u baxa, oo leh shan laace oo fiiqan oo caddaan dhexda ku leh, hareerahana soosali ka ah. Midho leh dahaadh lammaan, iniinyuhuna ay dacal ku leeyihiin miiq tin ah oo dheer.
Sabo: Jenbiyada dooxa ee qallalan iyo meelaha cagta lagu badiyey, joog ah illaa 1200 m.
Filiqsanaanta: Ereteriya, Itoobiya iyo Carabaha, Imika se lagu beero kulaaleyaasha kale.
Fiiro: Waa geed sun badan, oo xooluhu iska dhawraan. Waa astaan lagu qiyaaso heerka xaalufka.
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The seed hairs are used for stuffing pillows. Rope is made from the stems. (M.G. Gilbert in Flora of Somalia0.
Note: GBIF records include introduced and cultivated plants. Consequently, the distribution shown often differs from statements about a taxon's native distribution.