Asclepias curassavica

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Asclepias curassavica - tropical herb having orange-red flowers followed by pods suggesting a swallow with outspread wings; a weed throughout the tropicsblood flower, swallowwortmilkweed, silkweed - any of numerous plants of the genus Asclepias having milky juice and pods that split open releasing seeds with downy tufts