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 diseases like fevers, rheumatism, indigestion, asthma, elephantiasis, cough, cold, eczema, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, etc.

Chemical content:

Uscharin, Calotoxin, Calactin, and Calotropin

Ayurveda properties

Madar plant is one of the ingredients in Ayurveda medicines like-

• Dineseladi Velichenna
• Prabhanjana Vimardhanam Kuzhambu