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Tropical Milkweed
Tropical Milkweed
Asclepias curassavica
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical savanna
Range
American tropics
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

Tropical milkweed, native to the American tropics, is a flowering plant species of the milkweed genus, Asclepias. It is a widely distributed species, native to the American tropics and introduced to the rest of the world.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Apocynaceae
Genus
Asclepias
Species
Asclepias curassavica