Sodom apple: 1 definition

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Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Sodom apple in English is the name of a plant defined with Calotropis procera in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Asclepias gigantea Willd. (among others).

2) Sodom apple is also identified with Solanum capsicoides It has the synonym Solanum capsicoides Mart. (etc.).

3) Sodom apple is also identified with Solanum incanum It has the synonym Solanum sanctum L. (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Mélanges de Philosophie et de Mathématique de la Société Royale de Turin (1774)
· Florae Fluminensis Icones (1831)
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1930)
· Enum. Pl. (1809)
· Methodus (Moench) (1794)
· Icones Plantarum Rariorum (1781)

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