Steinmetz:Calotropis

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Calotropis gigantea

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Asclepiadaceae
English Names
  • Mudar plant
  • Gigantic Swallowwort
Natural Habitat
  • India
  • Ceylon
  • Indonesia
  • Southern China
  • Africa
  • Persia
  • Israel
  • Arabia
  • Egypt
  • Abyssinia
  • naturalized in the West Indies
Part(s) Used
  • Cortex radicis Calotropidis
  • Flores Calotropis
Constituent(s)
  • madar-alban
  • calatropin
  • madar-fluavil
  • mudarine
  • resin
  • bitter principle
Action
  • rootbark: tonic
  • sudorific
  • alterative
  • antispasmodic
  • expectorant; in large doses emetic
  • flower: digestive
  • stomachic
  • tonic
  • - The milky juice of the shrub is poisonous
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