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Madar plant

Scientific name of Madar plant: Calotropis gigantea

Name of Madar plant in different languages:

English: Sodom Apple, Milkweed, swallow-wort, Crown flower

Hindi: Madar मदार

Malayalam: Erukku-എരുക്ക്, Chitterikku- ചിറ്റെരിക്ക്

Plant Description:-

Crown flower or Madar plant is a large shrub growing at the height of 4 m tall. Leaves are pale or grayish green, oval in shape and sized 5-6 inches long and 2.5-4 inches wide, flowers are in clusters of waxy white or lavender in color. The stem is milky and gray in color.

Leaf Arrangement

Shape-Ovate	Margin-Entire	Venation-Reticulate

Useful plant parts:

Root barks, flower, root, leaf, latex

Medicinal uses:

To treat disease like fevers, rheumatism, indigestion, asthma, elephantiasis, cough, cold, eczema, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea etc.

Chemical content:

Uscharin, Calotoxin, Calactin, and Calotropin

Ayurveda properties

Rasa (Taste)	Katu, Tikta (Pungent, Bitter)
Guna (Physical Property )	Laghu, Ruksha, Tikshna (Light, Dry, Sharp)
Virya (Potency)	Ushna (Hot)
Vipaka (Metabolic Property)	Katu (Pungent)