Widuri (Calotropis Gigantea)

Widuri which has the Latin name Dryand Calotropis Gigantea is a plant that can be found in almost all parts of Indonesia, and the thistle plant is also found in other areas eg: China, Malaysia, Britain, Thailand, the Philippines, and others. Thistle are generally the wild plants that live in the coastal areas, the ground-ground field, and in the meadows get a lot of sunlight.
Because it has spread to all parts of the world, the thistle or Calatropis giganteaini also has a common name, among others Madaar, Shwet Ankh (White of Eye) Giant milk weed, Crown flower, Swallow-wort, apple Sodom (Calotropis Procera).
Widuri or Calotropis gigantea form perennial shrub that can reach ± ​​0.5 -2 m.
Calotropis gigantea cylindrical rod with simpodial branching, whitish green color due waxed. If plated rod wounded will issue a milky white sap.
Calotropis gigantea leaves in the form of single-stemmed leaves short, thick, oval upside down, with the distinctive green color of leaves with a distinctive color. Flat leaf edge average, bone pinnate leaves. The top surface of the thick-haired young leaves, when parents become bald.
Position Calotropis Gigantea leaves grow opposite each other and with the intermittent position. between the two leaves will usually grow shoots / branches.
Calotropis Gigantea flower in the form of compound interest, rocky and long-stemmed, not have petals.
Calotropis Gigantea petals purple whitish waxy, anthers wide-angle 5, yellow-green, above the exotic angular shaped tube 5, colored purple, flowers growing in the armpits of leaves at the end or terminal portion.
Calotropis gigantea its fruit ovoid elongated like a tube with a hook-shaped end. green, 9-10 cm long. Seeds are small, oval, flat, brown, short hair and thick, similar to the lobe silk hair long, so that the seeds can be blown by the wind. Thistle can be propagated by seed.