Definition of Calotropis gigantea. Meaning of Calotropis gigantea. Synonyms of Calotropis gigantea

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Definition of Calotropis gigantea

Calotropis gigantea
Mudar Mu"dar, n. [Hind. mad[=a]r.] (Bot.) Either one of two asclepiadaceous shrubs (Calotropis gigantea, and C. procera), which furnish a strong and valuable fiber. The acrid milky juice is used medicinally.

Meaning of Calotropis gigantea from wikipedia

- Calotropis gigantea, the crown flower, is a species of Calotropis native to Cambodia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India...
- plants are called madar or mader. Calotropis species are usually found in abandoned farmland. Calotropis gigantea and C. procera are the two most common...
- side effects. Caution: some websites seem to confuse Calotropis procera with Calotropis gigantea! "Apples of Sodom" . The American Cyclopædia. 1879. Addry...
- and nymphs of P. pictus feed extensively on poisonous Calotropis milkweeds, notably C. gigantea and C. procera, gaining their own toxins from the plants...
- larval host plants are Dunbaria henryi, Lablab purpureus, cowpea, Calotropis gigantea and Ziziphus jujuba. "Species Details: Thosea aperiens Walker, 1865"...
- C. gigantea may refer to: Callindra gigantea, a moth species Calotropis gigantea, the crown flower, a plant species native to Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines...
- damage to the crops of Sesamum indi**** (Pedaliaceae) and to Calotropis gigantea and Calotropis procera (Apocynaceae). It can also attack sorghum crops (Sorghum...
- sutaris. The weapons were sometimes made with the milky juice of Calotropis gigantea instead of water, which was said to speed the effect, and were sometimes...
- (bathing is also done in a river or sea) by holding several Ekka (Calotropis Gigantea) leaves on their head while bathing and chanting a verse which is...
- Striped leaf, with type "panpacific". Thai Airways International: Calotropis gigantea, also known as crown flower, and not an orchid as usually ****umed...