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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

Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2022-06-08. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Calotropis+procera>
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.
Ghazanfar, Shahina A., and Chris Thorogood. A Herbal of Iraq. Kew Publishing, 2022.
Temple, Augusta A. Flowers & Trees of Palestine. Society for promoting Christian knowledge, 1929.
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.
Fernley-Pearson, Thomas. Agroforestry for Palestine. Bustan Qaraaqa Publications, 2010.
Zohary, Michael. “A Vegetation Map of Western Palestine.” The Journal of Ecology, 1947, 1–19.
Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.
إسحق، جاد. التراث البيئي النباتي في فلسطين. القدس: معهد الأبحاث التطبيقية - أريج، 1992.

Citation

Calotropis procera (Aiton) Aiton fil. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/812 accessed via barari.org on 2/14/2026.