What is Calotropis procera?
{{Italictitle}} {{taxobox |name = Apple of Sodom |image = Tapuach-sdom.jpg |image_caption = Apple of Sodom near the [[Dead Sea]] in [[Israel]] |regnum = [[Plantae]] |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] |unranked_ordo = [[Asterids]] |ordo = [[Gentianales]] |familia = [[Apocynaceae]] |subfamilia = [[Asclepiadoideae]] |genus = ''[[Calotropis]]'' |binomial = ''Calotropis procera''}} '''Apple of Sodom''' (''Calotropis procera'') is a [[species]] of [[plant]]. It is also known as '''Roostertree'''. It [[wikt:belong|belongs]] in the [[subfamily]] [[Asclepiadoideae]]. It is native to [[North Africa]], [[Central Africa]], [[Western Asia]], [[South Asia]], and [[Indochina]]. It has been [[naturalize]]d in [[Puerto Rico]], the [[United States Virgin Islands]], [[Hawai'i]], and southern [[California]]. == Other websites == {{commonscat|Calotropis procera}} {{wikispecies|Calotropis procera}} * [http://plants.usda.gov/java/nameSearch ''Calotropis procera'' at USDA PLANTS Database] {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Apocynaceae]] [[Category:Plants of Asia]]