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Persistent URL	http://hdl.handle.net/1887.1/item:938022
Title	f176x1v-177r
Subject (topical)	Calotropis gigantea (L.) Dryand.
Note	Tamil / Malabar Name 18th century: Erukaleij; Sinhalese Name 18th century: Warakakas; Current scientific name: Calotropis gigantea (L.) Dryand.; Family: Apocynaceae; Current Tamil name: erukkalai; Current Sinhalese names: wara
Abstract	Erukaleij, alsoo genaamt bij de Malabaren En bij de Cingaleesen Warakakas, is een gemeene boom, de vogt van deselve boom, heeft een resolverened en verwarmende kragt, Men gebruijkt ook van desselfs wortel inde medicijnen. Zij vallen veel op Ceijlon. Erukaleij, named by the Malabars and by the Sinhalese Warakakas, is a common tree. The exudat has resolving and warming properties. The root is also used in medicine. They grow plentiful on Ceylon.