In ancient ayurvedic medicine the plant calotropis procera linn. Calotropis gigantea plant in southern part of india near bangalore. How to use different medicinal plants with medicinal properties and utilisation of worlds different plants. The milky sap latex is renowned for its ethnomedicinal properties. Calotropis procera giant milkweed tree monarch caterpillars. Calotropis procera flowers and fruits throughout the year. Study on antibacterial activity of calotropis procera peerj. Since ancient times, people have used medicinal plants to treat varied diseases.
How to use calotropis proceraakwanmadar as a efficient medicine. Issued as a pdf on the internet, it contains basic. It is widely used in many ayurvedic treatments, both externally ksharasutra and. Calotropis species is used for the treatment of bronchitis, pain, asthma, leprosy, ulcers, piles, spleen, tumors, liver, abdomen and dyspepsia. Pdf medicinal plants have been used to treat various ailments of the poor.
It has been cultivated in south america and on the caribbean islands for the production of fibres. The plant material leaves and flower of calotropis procera was air. It is considered a weed in its native india but has also been utilized as a medicinal plant with many other uses too. The apocynaceae is a large family of plants including 415 genera and about 4555 species distributed largely throughout the tropics but also in warm temperate climates. Growth is rapid during the wet months but slows down during the dry season. Pdf many drugs commonly used today are of herbal origin. In vivo om digestibility of calotropis procera hay measured in sheep.
How to use calotropis proceraakwanmadar as a efficient. It is well known for their pharmacological properties, since it produces large amounts of latex. Calotropis gigantea is mainly used in africa and southeast asia by immigrants from india, and the uses have thus spread. Calotropis a medicinal plant of family asclepiadaceae has been utilized in ayurveda, unani, siddha and many other traditional systems to cure diseases. Species of calotropis not widely recognized showed different. Calotropis gigantea, the crown flower, is a species of calotropis native to cambodia, indonesia.
Due to the various uses of caloptropis procera and c. The tree has a wide range of medicinal uses and is the source of various materials, especially fibre. The present paper enumerates the medicinal uses of part of. Learn more about calotropis uses, effectiveness, possible side effects, interactions, dosage, user ratings and products that contain calotropis. The whole plant is used for skin diseases, boils and sores and as a tonic and purgative in small doses, and as an emetic in. An recent approach on calotropis gigantea and calotropis procera. Calotropis procera is a shrub or tree with lavender flowers and corklike bark.
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