Asclepias curassavica

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Asclepias curassavica f

  1. Any of three species of plants in the dogbane family (Apocynaceae)
    1. Asclepias curassavica L. (bloodflower, tropical milkweed)
    2. Asclepias curassavica Lour., 1790, now Toxocarpus wightianus or Gymnema sylvestre, syn. Gymnema alterniflorum (Australian cowplant)
    3. Asclepias curassavica Griseb, 1874, now Asclepias mellodora

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