| Plants of Townsville, Australia - Graeme Cocks |
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| Asclepias currassavica | Red-headed Cotton Bush |
| Asclepiadaceae | Native to Tropical America and the West Indies. The milky sap is poisonous. A larval food plant for the Monarch butterfly. |
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A. currassavica is the larval food plant for the Wanderer Butterfly. | |
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