Crown Flower Calotropis Gigantea is a species of Calotropis native to Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, SriLanka, India, China, Pakistan, Nepal, and tropical Africa. This plant plays host to a variety of insects and butterflies.The flowers last long, and in Thailand they are used in various floral arrangements. They were also supposed to be popular with the Hawaiian Queen Liliuokalani, who considered them as symbol of royalty and wore them strung into leis. While in Cambodia, they are used in funerals to decorate the urn or sarcophagus and the interior of the house holding the funeral. The fruit is a follicle and when dry, seed dispersal is by wind.
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