Giant milkweed: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)1) Giant milkweed in English is the name of a plant defined with Calotropis gigantea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Madorius giganteus (L.) Kuntze (among others).
2) Giant milkweed is also identified with Calotropis procera It has the synonym Apocynum syriacum Garsault (etc.).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2002)
· Reise Russland (1774)
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1930)
· Toxicon. (2005)
· Chem. Pharm. Bull. (Tokyo) (2007)
· Contributions to the Botany of India (1834)
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Partial matches: Milkweed.
Full-text: Arka.
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