Vine of Sodom
A biblical plant with beautiful but bitter fruit.
The Vine of Sodom is a biblical term from the King James and other English translations, referring to a plant whose fruit is beautiful but bitter. It is most often identified with the osher (Calotropis procera), whose fruit are called apples of Sodom, or with the colocynth (Citrullus colocynthis).
Quick Facts
- Hebrew phrase
- Kî miggep̄en Səḏōm gap̄nām
- ū-miššaḏmōṯ ‘Ǎmōrāh; ‘ănāḇêmōw ‘innəḇê rōwōš
- ’aškəlōṯ mərōrōṯ lāmōw
- Primary identification
- Calotropis procera (osher)
- Alternative identification
- Citrullus colocynthis (colocynth)
- Common names for fruit
- apples of Sodom
- Sodom apple
- Dead Sea apple
Facts from the source article.
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