Morphological characterization of Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T. Aiton, a neglected medicinal plant

Ali Khadivi; Farhad Mirheidari; Yazgan Tunç; Abdolvahid Saeidifar; Younes Moradi; Vali Rabiei; Farhang Razavi

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0341425

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Morphological characterization of Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T. Aiton, a neglected medicinal plant

Ali Khadivi ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: a-khadivi@araku.ac.ir (AK); yazgan.tunc@tarimorman.gov.tr (YT)

Affiliation Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arak University, Arak, Iran

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6354-445X

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Farhad Mirheidari,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arak University, Arak, Iran
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Yazgan Tunç ,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: a-khadivi@araku.ac.ir (AK); yazgan.tunc@tarimorman.gov.tr (YT)

Affiliation Republic of Türkiye, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, General Directorate of Agricultural Research and Policies, Hatay Olive Research Institute Directorate, Hassa Station, Hassa, Hatay, Türkiye
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Abdolvahid Saeidifar,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ministry of Agriculture Jihad, Zahedan, Sistan-va-Baluchestan, Iran
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Younes Moradi,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Arak University, Arak, Iran
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Vali Rabiei,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran
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Farhang Razavi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Zanjan, Zanjan, Iran
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Morphological characterization of Calotropis procera (Aiton) W.T. Aiton, a neglected medicinal plant

Ali Khadivi,
Farhad Mirheidari,
Yazgan Tunç,
Abdolvahid Saeidifar,
Younes Moradi,
Vali Rabiei,
Farhang Razavi

Published: February 10, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0341425

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