An official website of the United States government.

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock ( ) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
  1. Home
  2. Calotropis gigantea

Calotropis gigantea

Common Name
Algodon De Seda; Biduri; Sidaguri; Arka; Mudar Plant; Kemengu; Rembega; Remiga; Arbre A Soie; Saduri; Ushar; Kayu berduri; Akanda; Khok; Mudar Pflanze; Widuri

Activities

Download these results as:
CSV
EXCEL
PDF
Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Malaria Elsewhere *
Medicine(Veterinary) Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Myalgia India(Santal) *
Neuralgia India(Santal) *
Paralysis India(Santal) *
Parturition India(Santal) *
Pleurisy India(Santal) *
Pneumonia India(Santal) *
Poison US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Post-Natal India(Santal) *
Poultice Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Purgative Elsewhere *
Rabies India(Santal) *
Rheumatism India(Santal) *
Rhinosis Malaya *
Ringworm India(Santal) *
Scabies India(Santal) *
Septicemia India(Santal) *
Smallpox India(Santal) *
Sore India(Santal) *