Bitterroot Restoration

Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Common name: Boro akanda(Beng.); Gigantic swallow-wort, Mudar(Eng.).
Native Range: Native to Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India and China.

Calotropis gigantea (Crown flower) is a species of Calotropis. It is a large shrub growing to 4 m tall. It has clusters of waxy flowers that are either white or lavender in colour. The plant has oval, light green leaves and milky stem.

Calotropis gigantea is used as a traditional medicinal plant, is used alone or with other medicinals to treat common disease such as fevers, rheumatism, indigestion, cough, cold, eczema, asthma, elephantiasis, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea.