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Accepted name: 
Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T.Aiton [Apocynaceae]
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'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, India (Bhatt et al., 2013)
Med. Pl. for Oral Diseases, C Punjab, Pakistan (Fatima et al., 2018)
Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
aak (madar) Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
aakado Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Unani Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
akada Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
akada phool Other Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
akado Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
akan Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
akand Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
akanda Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
akaro Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akavana Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
akda Other Unani Pharmacop. 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/Scorpion Bite, N Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
akondu Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
akone Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Unani Pharmacop. 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)
al dibaj Other Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
alarka Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Unani Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
arako Other Unani Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
arkagida Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
arkah Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arkamu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Unani Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
bhanu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhānu Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
bikkortono Other Unani Pharmacop. 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 et al., 2008)
bukam Other Unani Pharmacop. 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)
country blue Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
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 Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
ekkadagida Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ekkagida Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
ekke Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
ekkegida Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ekkemale Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
erikka Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
erikku Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
erra jilledu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
errikku Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Unani Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. 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)
Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
giant-milkweed Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gigantic-swallow-wort Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
gråbladig kronbuske Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gul-e-kharaq Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
gul-e-madar Other Unani Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
king’s crown Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kkarak Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotuki Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kshirparna Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ksiraparna Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lalakara Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
lalrui Other Unani Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
madar tree Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
madara Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maddar Other Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
madder tree Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
mandaaramu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mandara Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
mandaramu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
mandaro Other Unani Pharmacop. 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)
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mudar plant Other Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
mudar. Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
mudarpflanze Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
myhara Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
nallajilledu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Unani Pharmacop. 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, 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 Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
shakar-ul-ushar Other Unani Pharmacop. 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 Indig. Knwlg. on Med. Flora, Pakistan (Shah et al., 2016)
Med. Pl. in Shahgram Valley, Pakistan (Hassan et al., 2020)
Med. Pl. of Tehsil Charbagh, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
Med. Pl. of Tehsil Kabal, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
spalmay Other Contaminat. of Soil, Med. & 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 Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
ushayr Other Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
ushr Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
vallerikku Other Unani Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
yeroocum pawl Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zaharnak Other Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
zahr-ul-ushr Other Unani Pharmacop. 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)