Aak Plant | Aak Flower | Calotropis
Aak Plant: Aak (Hindi) Plant / Flower / Aak Fruit
(Dodi) or Calotropis plant (English) is found in Rajasthan or Western Part of
India mostly apart from most parts of the world in dry, sandy and alkaline
soils and warm climate. Even aak plant is found in all part of India from
Punjab and Rajasthan to Assam and Kanyakumari but It grows abundantly in
Rajasthan. It is found in its waste lands and grows as a weed in agricultural
lands.Aak plant benefits / Importance:
* The plant is known as aak in Ayurveda and was used in cases of cutaneous
diseases, intestinal worms, cough, ascites, asthma, bronchitis, dyspepsia,
paralysis, swellings, intermittent fevers, anorexia, inflammations and tumors.
* As mentioned earlier in the article, the
plant was described as Aak in Ayurveda and finds its use in many traditional
medicines.
* The flowers of the plant are offered to
the Hindu deity Shiva and Hanuma
Here is some pictures of Aak Plant with
Flower and Fruit clicked in Rajasthan:
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