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'''Calotropis procera''' tree is a large. It grows upto 4 metres tall. The plant can sometimes produce a single bole that is free of branches for up to the first 2.5 metres.
==Uses==
{{Uses|Boils}}, {{Uses|Infected wounds}}, {{Uses|Skin problems}}, {{Uses|Asthma}}, {{Uses|Earache}}, {{Uses|Stomachache}}, {{Uses|Arthritis}}, {{.<ref name="Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}, {{Uses|}}."/>
==Parts Used==
{{Parts Used|}}, {{Parts Used|stem}}, {{Parts Used|leaves}}, {{Parts Used|RootLeaves}}.
==Chemical Composition==
Chemical composition of the volatile oil of traditionally useful Calotropis procera which isreported for the first time in literature consist of nine identified compounds in leaf, and ten in stem, which are respectively responsible for 93.9% and 86.4% of leaf and stem oils. <ref name="chemical composition"/>
==Common names==
{{Common names|sa=Adityapushpika|en=Rubber Bush, Apple of sodom|gu=|hi=Aak, Mudar|kn=Bili ekkada gida|ks=|ml=Erikku|mr=Mandara|pa=|ta=Vellai erukkan|te=Erra jilledu}}
==Properties==
==Habit==
{{Habit|Shrub}}
==Identification==
===Leaf===
{{Leaf|Opposite|Broadly elliptic|It is Varying between ovate and ob-ovate,Its size is 15cm long and 10cm broad}}<ref name="Leaf"/>
===Flower===
{{Flower|||Waxy White|5|Purple tipped inside and with a central purplish crown}}
===Fruit===
{{Fruit|Inflated|8-12cm||Grey-Green|Many|It contains numerous seeds with tufts of long silky hairs at one end}}<ref name="Identification"/>
===Other features===
==Mode of Propagation==
{{Propagation|Seeds}}
==How to plant/cultivate==
A plant of the semi-arid tropics and subtropics, it is found growing at elevations from sea level to 1,300 metres. It grows best in areas where the mean annual rainfall is in the range 300 - 400mm.<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/>
==Commonly seen growing in areas==
{{Commonly seen|Along degraded roadsides}}, {{Commonly seen|Lagoon edges}}, {{Commonly seen|Overgrazed native pastures}}, {{Commonly seen|}}, {{Commonly seen|Sandy soils}}.
==Photo Gallery==
<references>
<ref name="chemical composition">["chemistry"https://www.imedpub.com/articles/chemical-compositions-of-leaf-and-stem-essential-oils-of-calotropisprocera-ait-rbr-asclepiadaceae.pdf Chemical constituents]</ref><ref name="LeafIdentification">["morphology"]Kappatagudda - A Repertoire of Medicinal Plants of Gadag pdf, Page no - 92</ref><ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[ http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Calotropis+procera Cultivation]</ref><ref name="CultivationUses"]>Karnataka Aushadhiya Sasyagalu By Dr.Maagadi R Gurudeva, Page no:245</ref>
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==External Links==
* [ https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Calotropis+procera Calotropis procera on pfaf.org]* [ https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Calotropis-procera-(Madar)%3A-A-Medicinal-Plant-of-Yogi-Gupta/ca82a0c618880673723a32de3433c9e5b9f73035 Calotropis procera on semanticscholar.org]* [ https://uses.plantnet-project.org/en/Calotropis_procera_(PROTA) Calotropis procera on plantnet-project.org]
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