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Field Notes

Notes:

Desert

Species ID Suggestions

Milkweed (a place to start)

Calotropis sp.

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Andrea Lim
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Apple of Sodom

Calotropis procera

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Noah Citizen aka Olivier
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Noah Citizen aka Olivier
As Andrea was suggesting, this is a Milkweed. Commonly called Apple of Sodom or Giant Milkweed, its fruits are toxic. Even the camels avoid it.
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PublishedApril 15, 2013

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