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SODOM

Sodom

Calotropis procera

MEDICINAL BENEFITS

Multiple parts 

  • Emetic-cathartic and digitalis properties 

  • Bacterial and germicidal properties 

  • Used for treating ringworm, guinea worm blisters, sores

  • Used in abortion

  • For colic, cough, whooping cough, dysentery, headache

  • Lice treatment

  • Jaundice, sore gums and mouth, toothache, sterility, swelling, and ulcers

Bark

  • Infusion of bark powder is used in the treatment and cure of leprosy 

  • Twigs are applied for the preparation of diuretics, stomach tonics, and anti-diarrhetic

  • Asthma

Root

  • Root bark is emetic, flower is a digestive

  • Tonic is used for asthma 

  • Used for snake bites

Sap

  • Used for a purgative

ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS

  • Soil improvers, good source of green manure

  • Can improve soil conditions and acts as a soil binder 

  • It thrives on poor soils, particularly where overgrazing has removed competition from native grasses 

  • It forms dense thickets which compete with native species 

  • It’s an ideal plant for monitoring sulfur dioxide emissions in the air

OTHER USES

  • Young pods, leaves, and flowers are eaten by 

  • Stems produce good charcoal, produces an effective and sustained smoky fire which is nice for drying fish 

  • The fiber is strong and durable and can be used for making ropes, bags, nets

  • A bark and the latex are widely used as arrow and spears poisons 

  • Bark extract used for dehairing hides and tanning 

  • Leaves have been used as a soup ingredient in sauces

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