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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Calotropis procera (Asclepiadaceae)

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Common name(s)
Giant Milkweed; Al Dibaj

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Head) Bahamas *
Ache(Tooth) Egypt *
Asthma Elsewhere *
Asthma Egypt *
Chancre Nigeria Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Cold Elsewhere *
Cough Elsewhere *
Deodorant Elsewhere *
Depilatory Elsewhere *
Diaphoretic Elsewhere *
Dyspepsia Elsewhere *
Elephantiasis Elsewhere *
Epilepsy India(Santal) *
Expectorant Elsewhere *
Fatality Africa Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Fumitory Egypt *
Hemiplegia India(Santal) *
Homicide Latin America Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Infanticide Sudan Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Intoxicant 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.
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.