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Plant name ākanda  Language Bengali  Latin name Calotropis gigantea (L.) Ait. - please click to view full record  Latin name (synonyms) Asclepias gigantea L.  Sanskrit name arka  Hindi name āk, madār  Bengali name ākanda  Tamil name erukku, veḷḷerukku  Malayalam name erukku  English name Gigantic swallow wort, Mudar

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