Bloodflower
జిల్లేడు మందారചെമ്മുള്ളിলাল মুন্ডি
Asclepias curassavica L.
- light
- Full sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 76 cm
- wide
- 46 cm
Apocynaceae
Also called Tropical milkweed
Formerly Asclepias cubensis, Asclepias margaritacea
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- SubshrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- Seasonally dry tropicalKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Mexico to Trop. AmericaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun (6 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 61 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 30 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Yellow, orange, redRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -12.2 °C (USDA zone 8a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (6)
- Simplified Chinese
- 金凤花, 芳草花, 莲生桂子花
- Chinese
- 莲生桂子花, 马利筋
- Chinese (Taiwan)
- 尖尾鳳, 馬利筋
- Telugu
- జిల్లేడు మందార
- Bangla
- লাল মুন্ডি, ইপিকাক, মরিচা ফুল
- Malayalam
- ചെമ്മുള്ളി
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Asclepias curassavica (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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