alleryCattle and goats avoid browsing Calotropis because it produces
ABitter tannins
BCardiac glycosides
CStinging hairs
DSilica crystals
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Cardiac glycosides
Calotropis makes highly poisonous cardiac glycosides, so grazing animals leave it alone.
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