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Accepted name: 
Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton [Apocynaceae]
Source of taxonomy and confidence: 
World Checklist ( Three stars out of three )
Information about this plant: 
Plants of the World Online
Non-scientific name: Class of name: Medicinal source:
a rga Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
a-rga Other Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
a-rka Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aak Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aakdo Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aank Other MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017)
Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
aankha Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aarka Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ab shir madar Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aditya Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aekka Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aekka maale Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aekki gida Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ag Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aharbandhava Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aharmani Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aharpati Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ahgaram Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ak Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aka Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akahua Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akan Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akanak Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akanda Other Ethnobot. of the Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
akarai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akda Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akdachajhada Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ake Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akh ke phool Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akon Other Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
akond Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akond or akan Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akra Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akro Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akwan Other Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
alacikacceti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alacikam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alagar Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alakam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alarka Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alarpal Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amarkkam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anket Other Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
arakkanceti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arakkaparani Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arbre à soie Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
ark Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arka Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
arkah Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arkamu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arkavrikshaha Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arkkam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arkku Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aruccanam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aruccunanceti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aruchunam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arukkam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arukkan Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arukku Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arulagam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aryama Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asphotaka Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atittiyam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
attaticai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
attaticam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
attiaticaicceti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aushar or aush-shar Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
badabadam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bagarni Other Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
belerica Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
belericu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhakmat Other Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bhanu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhaskara Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bili ekkada gida Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bowstring hemp Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bowstring-hemp Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
buka Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bukam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
burg akh taza Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
calaippota Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
calotropis Other Medicinal Plant Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
calotropis gigantea Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
campalam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cantamani Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cantamanicceti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cantamappam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cantamayam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catakacuriyan Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catakam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catalacceti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catalam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catanapam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cataparikacceti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cataparikam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catapatalam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catappan Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cataputacceti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cataputpam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cataputpi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cayitakam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ciraccatam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirapiraneci Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
citaputpakam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civavallapam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
crown flower Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
crown plant Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
crownflower Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
crownplant Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
cukalavi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cukapala Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cukapalai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cukapalam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curiyanam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curiyanvintu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curiyapputu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhavi rui Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dinesam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
divakar Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ekayitcakam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ekka Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ekkadgida Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ekkai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ekkamale Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ekke Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ekkemale Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ela wara Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
eri Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ericu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erikka Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erikku Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erukkalai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erukkam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erukkam ver Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erukkampal Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erukkan Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erukkanceti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erukkin veru Other Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
erukku Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
eruku Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ganarupa Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
giant milkweed Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
giant milkwood Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
giant swallowwort Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
giant-milkweed Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
gul madar Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gule akh taza Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
haridashva Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
himarati Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
irumpunirricceti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
irupunirri Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
itcika Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jambhala Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jilledu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanaripam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanatipam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karccakkinam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kari aekkada gida Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karnam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katiccavaytutaiccan Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katiravan Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katterumaikkalli Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kharak Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kharjjughna Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khark Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirtanuphala Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kokarunai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kokaruni Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kronbuske Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
kshiradala Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshirakandaka Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshiranga Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshiraparni Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutiketan Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lalak Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lalakava Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lalmadar Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lalrui Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lechoso Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
madar Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
madar (aak) Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madara sapheda Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
makam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
makkam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
makkika Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
makkikacceti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malaipparutimaram Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mandaara Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mandaaramu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mandara Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mandaramu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manotayam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marttantacceti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marttantam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marttantan Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mercure végétal Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mhatari Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mirugusayidagam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mirukacayitakam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mirukucayittakam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
moto aak Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
moto-aak Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muda Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mudar Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mudarpflanze Other GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mudhar Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mutitamaram Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naccilaikkurikacceti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalla jelledu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nallajilledu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
napal Other Ethnobot. of the Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
nattam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nattappalai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nattappila Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nattappiraki Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nattappirakicceti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nellajeleroo Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nellajilledo Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilavukaycceti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilledu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
niu jiao gua Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
nubam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nupakacceti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nupakam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nuttam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oschor Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oshmor Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pachajilledu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palaikkaraviki Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
prabhakara Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pratapa Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pratapasa Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puchhi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putanivaranicceti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raachajilledu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
racajilledu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rachajilledu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ratsajilledu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ravi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
roghan gul akh Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rubber bush Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ruchki Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ruchkin Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rui Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rupika Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ruvi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadapushpa Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadapuspi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadapyshpa Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadasuma Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
safed aak Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
safed-akra Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
safedak Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saptashva Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
savita Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shing-a-rka-pa-rna Other Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
shir madar Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shitapushpaka Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shiy-aak Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shri madar Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shukaphala Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sukaphala Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sunu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suryapattra Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suryavgha Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
svaytaurkum Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
swallow wort Other Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
swallowwort Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tanalam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tanali Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tanalicceti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tapana Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tarani Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tellajilledoo Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tellajilledu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thellajilledu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tirkkaputpam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tulapalam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tulaphala Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tuntakkini Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tutaiccavam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tutaiccavay Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tutaiccuvacceti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
urukku Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ushnarashmi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uste Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
utumparakacceti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
utumparakam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vacciramuli Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varkkam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasuka Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellaarike Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellerikku Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellerukkam poo Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellerukku Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vibhakara Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vibhavasu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vikorana Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vikshira Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vivasvana Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vivaswana Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wara Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
white gigantic swallow wort Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
yekkada Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yekkada gida Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yekkadaguda Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yekkamali Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yekkamalle Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yekke Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yekkemale Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yercum Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yerica Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yerika Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yerikkan Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yerrikku Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yerriku Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
වරා Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)