Scientific Name : Plumbago zeylanica L.
Category : Angiosperms
Status : Alive
Habit : An erect or subscandent herb with branches long, not rooting at nodes. Leaves : Alternate, ovate, entire, glabrous narrowed into a short petiole, the petiole often enlarged at the base into two small auricles. Inflorescence : Racemes, the rachis glandular, 6-30 cm long. Flowers : Calyx densely covered with stalked glands. Corolla tube with limb about 12-15mm across, white. Stamens 5. Fruits : An oblong, pointed capsule, furrowed, one-seeded. Flowering and Fruiting Time : September onwards. Significance : A paste of root prepared with milk, salt and water is used as an external application in leprosy and other skin diseases of an obstinate character. It is used as an irritant to the skin, in the treatment of dyspepsia, piles, anasarca, diarrhea and skin diseases. The drug is apt to cause abortion, even eating the leaves is said to cause similar action.
Specimen Information
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Common Name(s):
चित्रक, Plumbago, White Leadwort
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Synonym(s):
Findlaya alba Bowdich Molubda scandens (L.) Raf. Plumbagidium scandens (L.) Spach Plumbago flaccida Moench
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Family:
Plumbaginaceae
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