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

 Calotropis gigantea (Asclepiadaceae)

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

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Leg) India(Santal) *
Ache(Loin) India(Santal) *
Ache(Tooth) Malaya *
Ache(Tooth) India(Santal) *
Alterative Spanish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Anasarca India(Santal) *
Anodyne India(Santal) *
Asthma Elsewhere *
Bite(Bug) India Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Bite(Dog) India(Santal) *
Boil India(Santal) *
Boil Java *
Boil India *
Carbuncle India(Santal) *
Cholera India(Santal) *
Cold Elsewhere *
Conjunctivitis Java *
Convulsion India(Santal) *
Cough Elsewhere *
Delirium India(Santal) *
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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.