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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Calotropis procera

Common Name
Giant Milkweed; Al Dibaj

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Labor India(Santal) *
Leprosy Upper Volta Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Leprosy India Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Leprosy Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Malaria Elsewhere *
Medicine Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Odontectomy Egypt *
Parturition India(Santal) *
Poison Africa(Swahili) *
Poison Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Poison(Arrow) Africa Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poison(Arrow) Africa *
Purgative India *
Rheumatism India(Santal) *
Smallpox India(Santal) *
Sore India(Santal) *
Splenitis India(Santal) *
Splinter Egypt *
Sting India(Santal) *
Sudorific Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.