Habitats in the Western Desert Electronic Herbarium From our Expeditions

Calotropis procera

Family	Asclepiadaceae
Synonyms	Asclepias procera
Local name	Oshar, 'Oshaar
Habitat in Egypt	sandy desert plains, alluvial soils close to cultivation
Distribution	Moroco, Algeria, Libya, Egypt, Palestine, Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia; introduced to some tropical regions