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Rubber Bush
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Rubber Bush
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Common name: Rubber Bush, apple of sodom, french cotton, sodom apple • Bengali: ছোট আকন্দ Chhota Akondo • Bhojpuri: अकौंन Akaon • Dogri: दरियाई अक्क Daryai Akk, देसी अक्क Desi Akk, निक्का अक्क Nikka Akk • Gujarati: આકડો Akado, નાનો આકડો Nano Akado, નાનો રૂઇ Nano Rui, રાતો આકડો Rato Akado • Haryanvi: आक Aak, अक Ak, अकड़ा Akra, अणकटा Ankta, मदार Madar • Hindi: आक Aak, अकड़ा Akada, मदार Madar • Kachchhi: આક Aak, અક Ak, આકડો Akado • Kannada: ಎಕ್ಕದ ಗಿಡ Ekkada Gida, ಹೆಣ್ಣುಎಕ್ಕೆಯ ಗಿಡ Hennu'ekkeya Gida, ಕರಿ ಎಕ್ಕದ ಗಿಡ Kari Ekkada Gida, ಕೆಂಪು ಎಕ್ಕದ ಗಿಡ Kempu Ekkada Gida • Kol: पलती Palati • Konkani: रुई Rui • Kumaoni: अक Ak • Malayalam: ചിറ്റെരിക്ക് Chitterikku, എരിക്ക് Erikku • Manipuri: ꯑꯡꯀꯣꯠ Angkot • Marathi: लालमांदार Lalmandar, मांदार Mandar, रुई Rui, तांबडाअकडा Tambara-Akara • Mishing: আকন-আচিং Akon-Asing • Nagpuri: अकौंन Akaon • Nepali: बाह्रमासे आँक Bahramaase Aank • Nyishi: Akon-Asing • Odia: ଅରଖ Arakha • Pahari: आक Aak, अक Ak, मदार Madar • Punjabi: ਅੱਕ Akk, ਦਰਿਆਈ ਅੱਕ Daryai Akk, ਦੇਸੀ ਅੱਕ Desi Akk, ਮਦਾਰ Madar, ਨਿੱਕਾ ਅੱਕ Nikka Akk • Rajasthani: आंक Ank, आंकडा Ankada, मदार Madar • Rangpuri: আকন Ankon • Sanskrit: आदित्यपुष्पिका Adityapushpika, अलर्क Alarka, अर्क Arka, आस्फोत Asphota, गणरूप Ganurupa, काष्ठील Kashtila, मन्दार Mandara, प्रताप Pratapa, राजार्क Rajarka, रवि Ravi, सदापुष्प Sadapushpa, शर्करापुष्प Sharkarapushpa, शुकफल Shukaphala, तूलफल Tulaphala, विकीरण Vikirana, वृत्तमल्लिका Vrttamallika • Santali: ᱟᱠᱟᱣᱱᱟ Akaona • Sindhi: اڪٽٽڙو Akatatido, آڪ Akk, اڪ Aku • Tagin: Akon-Asing • Tamil: எருக்கு Erukku • Telugu: ఎర్ర జిల్లేడు Erra Jilledu, జిల్లేడు Jilledu, మందారము Mandaramu, నల్ల జిల్లేడు Nalla Jilledu Source: Names of Plants in India
Botanical name: Calotropis procera    Family: Apocynaceae (Oleander family)
Synonyms: Asclepias procera, Calotropis wallichii, Madorius procerus
Rubber bush is a spreading shrub or a small tree to 4 m, oozing copious milky sap when cut or broken. Leaves are opposite, grey-green, broadly elliptic but varying between ovate and obovate, large up to 15 cm long and 10 cm broad, with a pointed tip, two rounded basal lobes and no leaf stalk. Flowers are waxy white, petals 5, purple-tipped inside and with a central purplish crown, carried in stalked clusters at the ends of the branches. Fruit is grey-green, inflated, 8-12 cm long, containing numerous seeds with tufts of long silky hairs at one end.
Medicinal uses: The bark and leaves are used for the treatment of leprosy and asthma, respectively.
Identification credit: Tabish Photographed in Delhi & Gujarat.
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