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Calotropis procera (Aiton) Aiton fil.

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Edibility and usage

Edibility
Edible
Edible part
  • Leaves
Preparation
  • Soups
Blooming period
March to November
Foraging period
January to December
Seed collection period
July to October
Potential medicinal uses
  • Analgesic
  • Anti-spasmodic
  • Carminative
  • Emetic
  • Tonic
  • Vulnerary

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Pink
  • White
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Tree

Scientifc data

Genus
Calotropis R.Br.
Family
Apocynaceae
Wikidata item
Q948690
GBIF Item
Calotropis procera (Aiton) Aiton fil. (5414566)

References

  1. Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2022-06-08. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Calotropis+procera>
  2. Calotropis procera (Aiton) Aiton fil. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-06-08.
  3. Ghazanfar, Shahina A., and Chris Thorogood. A Herbal of Iraq. Kew Publishing, 2022.
  4. Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
  5. Crowfoot, Grace Mary Hood. From Cedar to Hyssop; a Study in the Folklore of Plants in Palestine. London, Sheldon Press; New York and Toronto, The Macmillan Co., 1932.
  6. Fernley-Pearson, Thomas. Agroforestry for Palestine. Bustan Qaraaqa Publications, 2010.
  7. Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.
  8. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
  9. إسحق، جاد. التراث البيئي النباتي في فلسطين. القدس: معهد الأبحاث التطبيقية - أريج، 1992.

Citation

Calotropis procera (Aiton) Aiton fil. in Barari platform (2025). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/812 accessed via barari.org on 7/30/2025.

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