Non scientific name details for giant milkweed - Medicinal Plant Names Services

Non-scientific name:

giant milkweed

2 Accepted name(s) for "giant milkweed":

Accepted name
Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton
Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton

7 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources:	Scientific names as used in medicinal source:	MPNS matched scientific names:	Accepted name:	Plant parts:
PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)	Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton	Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton	Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)	Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton	Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton	Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Calotropis gigantea (L.) Dryand.	Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton	Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)	Calotropis gigantea R.Br.	Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton	Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton	flower, leaves, sap
ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)	Calotropis gigantea (L.) (W. T. Aiton)	Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton	Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton	leaves, flower
Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)	Calotropis procera	Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton	Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton
Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)	Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T. Aiton	Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton	Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton	Roots, leaves

35 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "giant milkweed":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
al dibaj	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
arka	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
arka (ayurveda)	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
asclepiade gigantesque	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
biduri	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
bow-string hemp	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
bowstring hemp	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bồng bồng	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
calotropis gigantea	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
crown flower	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
crown plant	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cây lá hen	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
dok rak	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
faux arbre de soie	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
giant indian milkweed	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
giant swallowwort	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
gigantic swallow-wort	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
kayu	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
kayu berduri	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kemengu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lembega	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
madar	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mercure végétal	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
mercure végétale	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
mudar	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
nam tỳ bà	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
niu jiao gua	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
niujiaogua	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
pan thuean	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
po thuean	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
rembega	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rubber bush	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
saduri	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
sidaguri widuri dok hack	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
swallowwort	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)