SCIENTIFIC NAME :
Calotropis Gigantea
MEDICINAL VALUE :
Used as a traditional medicinal plant. to treat common disease such as fevers, rheumatism, indigestion, cough, cold, eczema, asthma, elephantiasis, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
CULINERY AND OTHER VALUES :
Fiber from this plant useful for ropes, carpets, fishing nets, and sewing thread
GLOSSARY :
English : Gigantic Swallow Wort / Mudar
Tamil : Erukkalai
Malayalam : Erukku / Arka
Telugu : Jilledu
Kannada : Ekka / Ekkamaalae
Hindi : Aak / Akan / Akond / Mudar
Bengali : Akanda
Gujarati : Akado
Konkani : Ruiechen Zad
Marathi : Rui
Oriya : Arka
Punjabi : Aak
Tulu : Ekkamaale