[Tamil.] An East Indian shrub, Calotropis gigantea (N. O. Asclepiadaccæ), or the fiber obtained from its bark; also the allied species C. procera; both used medicinally.
1826. [see MUDAR].
1838. Lindley, Flora Med., § 1144. 540. Under the names of Mador, Mudar, Akum, and Yercund, the root and bark … are used as … purgatives.
