Apple tree of Sodom: The apple tree of Sodom (Botanical name: Calotropis procera - Family of the Apocynaceae) is a very common shrub of the arid regions of Africa and the Middle East, in particular in the wadis (*).
Its green fruits are comparable to small oval apples, some say to testicles (hence the vulgar names of roustonnier or even tree with balls which would have been given to it by the legionaries, the soldiers of the Foreign Legion).
Synonyms: It is called equal ...
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