Asclepias curassavica L.

  • Filed As

    Apocynaceae
    Asclepias curassavica L.

  • Collector(s)

    M. C. Pace 1272 with Kenneth R. Walker, Rae French, 15 Sep 2023

  • Location

    United States of America. New York. Bronx Co. The New York Botanical Garden; African American Garden: The Caribbean Experience at the Edible Academy: Remedies / Remedios / Remèd bed.

  • Habitat

    Cultivated garden bed.

  • Description

    Flowers orange-red Planted and grown as part of the NYBG African American Garden: The Caribbean Experience at the Edible Academy. This garden was created to provide a brief look at the history of the African American and African Diaspora experience in the Caribbean through the lens of plants, consisting of eight sections and beds: Cane, Roots, Stewpot, Flavor, Creativity, Abundance, Remedies, Transformation. In these eight beds, you will find stories of resilience and resistance, modification and migration, remembrance, reverence, and more told through the plants of our world. Curated by Jessica B. Harris, implemented and cared for by James Boyer, Brooke Gibbard, Toby Adams, NYBG Horticulture staff, and Mellon Foundation Foodways interns Angel Tobar, Jason Lopez, Layla Gee, Allisson Garcia, Danielle Cruz, Armando Guzman, Nicole Rosas, and Michael Noi. The African American Garden is made possible with support from the Mellon Foundation and The Charles E. Culpeper Arts & Culture Program of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Seeds sourced from Park Seed. Phenology of specimen: Flower.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 04336125

    Occurrence ID: 73ae6e56-0a81-4762-853b-452209e7f68b

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Gentianales

  • Family

    Apocynaceae

  • All Determinations

    Asclepias curassavica L.

  • Region

    North America

  • Country

    United States of America

  • State/Province

    New York

  • County/Municipio

    Bronx Co.

  • Locality

    The New York Botanical Garden; African American Garden: The Caribbean Experience at the Edible Academy: Remedies / Remedios / Remèd bed.

  • Coordinates

    40.8616, -73.8736

  • Location Notes

    [US & Canada]

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The New York Botanical Garden
Institute of Economic Botany
Apocynaceae
Asclepias curassavica L.
United States of America. New York. Bronx Co. The New
York Botanical Garden; African American Garden: The
Caribbean Experience at the Edible Academy: Remedies /
Remedios / Remed bed.
40°5T4l.82"N, 73°52'24.81"W
Cultivated garden bed.
Flowers orange-red. Planted and grown as part of the
NYBG African American Garden: The Caribbean
Experience at the Edible Academy* This garden was
created to provide a brief look at the history of the
African American and African Diaspora experience in
the Caribbean through the lens of plants, consisting of
eight sections and beds: Cane, Roots, Stewpot, Flavor,
Creativity, Abundance, Remedies, Transformation. In
these eight beds, you will find stories of resilience and
resistance, modification and migration, remembrance,
reverence, and more told through the plants of our
world. Curated by Jessica B. Harris, implemented and
cared for by James Boyer, Brooke Gibbard, Toby
Adams, NYBG Horticulture staff, and Mellon
Foundation Foodways interns Angel Tobar, Jason
Lopez, Layla Gee, Allisson Garcia, Danielle Cruz,
Armando Guzman, Nicole Rosas, and Michael Noi.
The African American Garden is made possible with
support from the Mellon Foundation and The Charles
E. Culpeper Arts & Culture Program of the Rockefeller
Brothers Fund. Seeds sourced from Park Seed.
15 Sep 2023
Matthew C. Pace, Kenneth R. Walker, Rae French 1272
04336125