Plant Details

Accepted name:: Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
'ušâr	Other	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
a rga i rtsa ba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
a rgai rtsa ba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aak	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. by Vanraji Tribes of Kumaun Himalaya (Bhatt et al., 2013) Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in C Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
aak (madar)	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
aakado	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
aakdo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aakh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
aakro	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aasphota	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
acka	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
adityapushpika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aeka	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ag	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ak	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
akada	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
akada phool	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
akado	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
akan	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
akand	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
akanda	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
akaro	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akavana	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
akda	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
akdo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akk	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
akondu	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
akone	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
akra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akro	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akund	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
alarka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
alarkah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aldebaj	Other	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
algodao-de-seda	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
algodão-da-praia	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
algodão-de-seda	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
apple of sodom	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
apple-of-sodom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
arakha	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
arakka	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
arako	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
arbre de soie	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
arbre à soie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
arka	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
arka (ayurveda)	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
arka (leaf)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
arka (root)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
arka (stem bark)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
arka-vrishaha	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
arkagida	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
arkah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arkamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
arkaparna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
arkavrikshaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asclepiad tree	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ashar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ashkar	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
ashkhar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
asphota	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
auricula-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
aushar or aush-shar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
badabadam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bhanu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhānu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
bikkortono	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bili aekka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bili aekkada gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bili yekkada gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bimbora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bois canon	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
bombardeira	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
bomubomu	Other	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
bukam	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bái huā niú jiǎo guā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cabbagetree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
calotrope	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
calotropis	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
calotropo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
camelweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cotton de france	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
dead sea apple	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dead sea fruit	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dirghpushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dudla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dà má fēng yào	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ekka	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ekkadagida	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ekkagida	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ekke	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ekkegida	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ekkemale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
erikka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
erikku	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
erra jilledu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
errikku	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
erukkalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erukku	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
eshr	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
flor-de-cera	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
flor-de-seda	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
french cotton	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
french-cotton	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ganarupaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
giant milkweed	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
giant-milkweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gigantic-swallow-wort	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gråbladig kronbuske	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gul-e-kharaq	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gul-e-madar	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
gulabi aak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jilledu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kapoktree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kashthila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempu ekka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kharak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khark	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
king’s crown	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kkarak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotuki	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kshirparna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ksiraparna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lalakara	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
lalrui	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
madaar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
madar	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
madar tree	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
madara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maddar	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
madder tree	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
mandaaramu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mandara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
mandaramu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
mandaro	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
mayoe	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
merigu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
milk weed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mpamba mwitu	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
mudar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mudar plant	Other	Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
mudar.	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
mudarpflanze	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
myhara	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
nallajilledu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
napal	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
oscherstr	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
oshar	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Trad. Med. Pl. of Al-Rass Province, Saudi Arabia (El-Ghazali et al., 2010) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
osher	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
oshur	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
pi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pomme de sodome	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
poumpoumssé	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pratapa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pratapasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
prince-of-wales crown	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rajarka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktarka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ravi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
remigu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
retoakah	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
roostertree	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rubber bush	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
rubberbush	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rui	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
rupika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadapushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sadapushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
safed-ak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
safedak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
shakar-ul-ushar	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
shambhu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sharkarapushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shitakarka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shuklaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shveta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shvetarka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
small crown flower	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
small crownflower	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sodom apple	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sodom's-milkweed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sodom-apple	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spalamay	Other	Indig. Uses of Pl. of Malakand, Pakistan (Habib-Ul-Hassan et al., 2015)
spalmai	Other	Med. Pl. of Tehsil Kabal, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
spalmay	Other	Contaminat. of Soil, Med. and Fodder Pl., Pakistan (Nawab et al., 2015)
spulmai	Other	Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014)
spulmay	Other	Ethnomed. of Marghazar Valley, Pakistan (Yousufzai et al., 2010)
stabragh	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
surya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
surya patra	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
suuryaahvya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
swallow wort	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
swallow-wart	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
swallowwort	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
sūrya	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
tapana	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tulaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tuulaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ushar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
ushayr	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
ushr	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
vallerikku	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
vasuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vedha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellai erukkan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellai erukku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellerakku	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
vellerku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vellerukku	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
vikirana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vikirna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vrittamallika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
xiào chuǎn shù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yercum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
yeroocum pawl	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zaharnak	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
zahr-ul-ushr	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
راشع	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
عشار	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
عشير	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
哮喘树	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
大麻疯药	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白花牛角瓜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Roots, leaves		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
Leaves, root, bark, latex		Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
Whole plant Leaves, Flower		Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
Leaves		Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
Stem, Leaves, Root		Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in C Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018)
Roots, Leaves		Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
Stem, leaves and flowers		Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014)
leaf, frond		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Flower		Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
Bark		Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
Root, flower, latex, stem, leaf		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Fruit, leaf, latex		Med. Pl. of Tehsil Kabal, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
Latex		Indig. Uses of Pl. of Malakand, Pakistan (Habib-Ul-Hassan et al., 2015)
Whole plant		Ethnomed. of Marghazar Valley, Pakistan (Yousufzai et al., 2010)
Whole plant, latex		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
leaf, whole plant	dried leaves	Med. Pl. by Vanraji Tribes of Kumaun Himalaya (Bhatt et al., 2013)
leaves, flower, root, bark, stem, latex, stem bark	seed oil, oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
root, bark, leaves, flowers		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
leaf	dried leaf	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
stem bark	dried stem bark	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
stem bark, latex, leaf		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
stem-bark, latex, leaf		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
leaf	sap	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
	Laticifer	Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
Flower, Bark (Root)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Asclepias gigantea Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 1264 (1798), nom. illeg.
Asclepias procera Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 305 (1789).
Apocynum syriacum Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd.: 114 (1764), opus utique oppr.
Apocynum syriacum S.G.Gmel. Reise Russland 2: 18, 257 (1774).
Asclepias patula Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 536 (1844).
Calotropis gigantea var. procera (Aiton) P.T.Li J. S. China Agric. Univ. 12(3): 39 (1991).
Calotropis hamiltonii Wight Contr. Bot. India: 53 (1834).
Calotropis heterophylla Wall. ex Wight Contr. Bot. India: 54 (1834), nom. nud.
Calotropis inflexa Chiov. Atti Ist. Bot. "Giovani Briosi", ser. 4, 7: 139 (1936).
Calotropis persica Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 65: 59 (1918).
Calotropis procera subsp. hamiltonii (Wight) Ali Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 38: 289 (1980).
Calotropis syriaca (S.G.Gmel.) Woodson Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 17: 148 (1930).
Calotropis wallichii Wight Contr. Bot. India: 53 (1834).
Madorius procerus (Aiton) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 421 (1891).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Asclepias gigantea Willd.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Asclepias procera Aiton	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Calotrootspis proscera (Willd.) R.Br.	Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
Calotropa procera Ait	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
Calotropis pocera (Ait.) R.Br.	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Calotropis procera	Contaminat. of Soil, Med. and Fodder Pl., Pakistan (Nawab et al., 2015) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Calotropis procera (Ait.) Ait.	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
Calotropis procera (Ait.) Ait. F.	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Calotropis procera (Ait.) Ait. f.	Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000)
Calotropis procera (Ait.) Ait. fil.	Med. Pl. Used by Women in Mecca (Alqethami et al., 2017)
Calotropis procera (Ait.) Ait.f.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Calotropis procera (Ait.) R.Br.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Calotropis procera (Aiton) Aiton f.	Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999)
Calotropis procera (Aiton) Aiton fil.	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
Calotropis procera (Aiton) Dryand	Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
Calotropis procera (Aiton) Dryand.	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Calotropis procera (Aiton) R.Br.	Med. Pl. by Vanraji Tribes of Kumaun Himalaya (Bhatt et al., 2013) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015)
Calotropis procera (Aiton) W. T. Aiton	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T. Aiton	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Herbs Israel (Said et al., 2002) Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases in C Punjab (Fatima et al., 2018) Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of Tehsil Kabal, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Calotropis procera (Aiton)R.Br.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Calotropis procera (Willd.) R.Br.	Ethnomed. of Marghazar Valley, Pakistan (Yousufzai et al., 2010)
Calotropis procera Ait.	Trad. Med. Pl. of Al-Rass Province, Saudi Arabia (El-Ghazali et al., 2010) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Calotropis procera Aiton	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Calotropis procera R. Brown.	Indig. Uses of Pl. of Malakand, Pakistan (Habib-Ul-Hassan et al., 2015)
Calotropis procera R.Br.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Calotropis procera W. T. Aiton	Pl. Used by Inhabitants of Ajloun, Jordan (Al-Quran, 2015) Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)

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