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Calotropis procera |
Ailment | anti-inflammatory + , analgesic + , antioxidant + |
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Ailment type | Pains and Inflammation + , Common ailments + |
Biotic zone | Northwestern Himalayas + , Western Ghats + , Central Deccan Plateau + , West Coast + |
Class | Magnoliopsida + |
Common Indian names | Aak आक, Mudar मुदर (Hindi) + |
Common hindi name | Aak आक, Mudar मुदर + |
Common name | Rubber bush, apple of Sodom + |
Division/Phylum | Magnoliophyta + |
Family | Asclepiadaceae + |
Genus | Calotropis + |
Header caption | Apple of Sodom growing near Dead Sea, Israel + |
Header image | Tapuach-sdom.jpg + |
Introdescription | Calotropis procera is a species of floweri … Calotropis procera is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, that is native to North Africa, Tropical Africa, Western Asia, South Asia, and Indochina. It is commonly known as Apple of Sodom, a name derived from the ''Hebrew Tapuah Sdom''.The green globes are hollow but the flesh contains a toxic milky sap that is extremely bitter and turns into gluey coating resistant to soap. (Source:Wikipedia)ting resistant to soap. (Source:Wikipedia) + |
Location | Agra,India + , Akola,India + , Balaghat,India + , Bangalore,India + , Banswara,India + , Belgaum,India + , Bhagalpur,India + , Bhopal,India + , Bilaspur,India + , Chamoli,India + , Chandrapur,India + , Chattarpur,India + , Damoh,India + , Dehradun,India + , Diu,India + , Durg,India + , Gorakhpur,India + , Hoshangabad,India + , Jabalpur,India + , Kolhapur,India + , Madurai,India + , Majuli,India + , Medak,India + , Nasik,India + , Osmanabad,India + , Panna,India + , Pune,India + , Raipur,India + , Rajnandgaon,India + , Rewa,India + , Sagar,India + , Satna,India + , Seoni,India + , Shahdol,India + , Shimla,India + , Sidhi,India + , Tonk,India + , Tumkur,India + |
Medicinal system | Ayurveda + , Folk Medicine + |
Name meaning | The fruit is described by the Roman Jewish … The fruit is described by the Roman Jewish historian Josephus, who saw it growing near Sodom: "...as well as the ashes growing in their fruits; which fruits have a color as if they were fit to be eaten, but if you pluck them with your hands, they dissolve into smoke and ashes." (Whiston 1737: Book IV chapter 8 section 4) Some biblical commentators believe that the Sodom Apple may have been the poisonous gourd (or poison-tasting gourd) that led to "death in the pot" in 2 Kings 4:38–41. In this story, a well-meaning servant of the prophet Elisha gathers herbs and a large quantity of the unknown gourds, and casts them into the pot. After the outcry from the band of prophets, Elisha, instructs them to cast flour into the stew pot, and they are saved. The fibre of the Sodom Apple may have been used for the linen of the high priests.en used for the linen of the high priests. + |
Order | Gentianales + |
Page creation date | 18 November 2010 + |
Regnum | Plantae + |
Species name | w:Calotropis procera + |
State | Assam + , Andhra Pradesh + , Arunachal Pradesh + , Bihar + , Delhi + , Goa + , Gujarat + , Jammu and Kashmir + , Karnataka + , Madhya Pradesh + , Maharashtra + , Meghalaya + , Punjab + , Rajasthan + , Tamil Nadu + , Uttarakhand + , Uttar Pradesh + |
User ID | User:Gauravm + , User:Ashwinip + |
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Categories | Pages with a map rendered by the Maps extension + , Plants + , Species page + |
Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. | 1 December 2010 13:49:49 + |
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