CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA

Plant Name: CALOTROPIS GIGANTEA

English Name: Madar bark

Local Name:

• Crown Flower


• Ivory Plant Aak


• Giant Milkweed


• Milkweed


• Swallow-wort

Tamil : Erukkan

Family: Asclepiadaceae

Uses:

The common use of Crown Flower in rheumatism, cold, vomiting, eczema, asthma, elephantiasis, indigestion, nausea, cough, diarrhea fevers,. According to Ayurveda, dried whole plant is a good tonic, expectorant, depurative, and anthelmintic. The dried root bark is a substitute for ipecacuanha. The root bark is febrifuge, anthelmintic, depurative, expectorant, and laxative. The powdered root used in asthama, bronchitis, and dyspepsia. The leaves are useful in the treatment of paralysis, arthralegia, swellings, and intermittent fevers. The flowers are bitter, digestive, astringent, stomachic, anthelmintic, and tonic.