Among the Kunbis of the Central Provinces of India a bachelor who marries a widow must first be married to an ākra or swallow-wort (Calotropis gigantea), a very common plant with mauve or purple flowers, which grows on waste land.
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Swallow-wort
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Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀσκληπιάς noun (a plant of the genus Vincetoxium)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 白前 noun (a plant of the genus Vincetoxium)
Japanese
1 entries- 鴎蔓 noun (a plant of the genus Vincetoxium)
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