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

5 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:
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
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
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Calotropis gigantea (L.) Dryand.	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
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

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

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
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)
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)
calotropis gigantea	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
crown flower	Other	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)
faux arbre de soie	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
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 berduri	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kemengu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lembega	Other	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 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)
niu jiao gua	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rembega	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rubber bush	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
swallowwort	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)