calotropis procera plant |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| navigate by keyword : africa ancient apocynaceae apple area asia authors biblical bitter bush calotropis coating comes contain crown dead described extremely fact family flowering flowers fruits gluey green growing include indochina josephus kings milky name names native needed north plant procera resistant rubber sap sea soapncommon sodom south species stabraghcitation tacitus that toxic tree tropical turns western which |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Calotropis procera is a species of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae that is native to North Africa, tropical Africa, Western Asia, South Asia, and Indochina. The green fruits contain a toxic milky sap that is extremely bitter and turns into a gluey coating which is resistant to soap.nCommon names for the plant include Apple of Sodom, Sodom apple, stabragh[citation needed], king`s crown, rubber bush, and rubber tree. The name Apple of Sodom and Dead Sea Apple comes from the fact that the ancient authors Josephus and Tacitus described it as growing in the area of biblical Sodom |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Stockphotos.ro (c) 2026. All stock photos are provided by Dreamstime and are copyrighted by their respective owners. |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||