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Plumbago zeylanica L.

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Plumbago zeylanica L.
Plumbago zeylanica L.
Plumbago zeylanica L.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymFindlaya alba Bowdich
synonymMolubda scandens (L.) Raf.
synonymPlumbagidium scandens (L.) Spach
synonymPlumbago scandens L.
synonymPlumbago zeylanica var. glaucescens Boiss.
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Agechit
  • Agyiachit
  • Ronga-agechit
  • Ronga-agiyachit
Bengali
  • Safaid-sitarak
English
  • Ceylon leadwort
  • Lead wort
  • The Ceylon Leadwort
  • White leadwort
  • White Plumbago
  • Wild Plumbago
Hin
  • Chita
  • Chitrak
Hindi
  • Chita
  • Chitrak
  • चित्रक Chitrak
Irula
  • Ottuchedi
Kannada
  • Chitramulika
Malayalam
  • Koduveli
  • Kottuveli
  • Thumba
  • Thumbakoduveli
  • Vellakoduveli
Manipuri
  • Telhidak Angouba
Oriya
  • Ogni
Other
  • Antu Geda
  • Chithiramoolam
  • Chitrak
  • Chitthiragam
  • Plumbago
  • Tumbakoduveli
  • Vellakoduveli
  • Venkodivaeli
  • White Leadwort
Tamil
  • Chithiramoolam
  • Kodivaeli
  • சித்திர மூலம் Chittiramoolam Karimai
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Shrub
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors 
D. Narasimhan
Status UNDER_CREATION
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    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Erect subshrubs, sometimes subscandent; stem striate. Leaves 3-7 x 1.7-3.2 cm, ovate or elliptic-ovate, base shortly and abruptly attenuated into a short petiole, apex acute or subacute, somewhat glaucous beneath; petiole c. 1 cm long, amplexicaul at base and often auriculate. Flowers white, in elongate, terminal, often panicled racemes; rachis with sessile glands; bracteoles ovate, acuminate. Calyx 8-12 mm long, narrowly tubular, densely covered with stalked glands; lobes small. Corolla 1-1.6 cm across; tube c. 1.5 cm long; lobes obovate-oblong. Stamens 5; filaments c. 1.5 cm long. Ovary ellipsoid, 1-locular; stigma 5-fid. Capsule oblong, acute with 5 furrows.
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
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    References 
      Habit: Herb
      G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
      Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
      Contributors 
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        Habit: A perennial shrub with ascending branchlets, upto 1m.
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          📚 Natural History
          Cyclicity
          Flowering and fruiting: November-March
          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
          Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
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          References 
            Morphology

            Growth Form

            Shrub
            Shrub
            Flower

            In terminal or axillary racemes; white. Flowering from December-March.

            Fruit

            A membranous, 5-valved capsule, enclosed in a persistent calyx; stalked and glandular, 10-ribbed; seed dark black, flattened.

            Field tips

            Presence of glands on calyx, branches striate; petiole auricled.

            Leaf Arrangement

            Alternate-spiral

            Leaf Type

            Simple

            Leaf Shape

            Elliptic-ovate

            Leaf Apex

            Acutely apiculate

            Leaf Base

            Truncate-attenuate

            Leaf Margin

            Entire

            Keystone Foundation
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              Miscellaneous Details
              Caterpillars of the Zebra Blue Butterflies feed on the plant.
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                Notes: Plains to Low Altitude, Moist Localities
                G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
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                  📚 Habitat and Distribution
                  General Habitat
                  Deciduous forests, also in the plains
                  Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                  Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
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                  References 
                    Common in scrub jungles, wastelands and fallow lands. Found on hills upto 1400m throughout the tropics and subtropics.
                    Keystone Foundation
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                    Contributors 
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                      Open areas, near river bed
                      Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                      Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                      Contributors 
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                        Description
                        Global Distribution

                        Pantropical

                        Indian distribution

                        State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

                        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                        Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                        Contributors 
                        Status UNDER_CREATION
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                        References 
                          Maharashtra: Common throughout Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Hassan, Mysore, Shimoga Kerala: All districts Tamil Nadu: All districts
                          G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                          Attributions G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                          Contributors 
                          Status UNDER_CREATION
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                          References 
                            Found in scrub jungles, stream banks and fallow fields from plains to 800m. Common. Throughout the tropics and subtropics.
                            Keystone Foundation
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                              Global Distribution

                              India: Assam, Bihar, Maharastra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh

                              Local Distribution

                              Bongaigaon

                              Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                              Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                              Contributors 
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                                No Data
                                📚 Occurrence
                                No Data
                                📚 Uses and Management
                                Uses

                                System of Medicines Used In

                                Ayurveda
                                Ayurveda
                                Folk medicine
                                Folk medicine
                                Siddha
                                Siddha
                                Unani
                                Unani
                                Traditional chinese medicine
                                Traditional chinese medicine
                                Sowa-Rigpa
                                Sowa-Rigpa
                                Medicinal
                                Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                                Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                                Contributors 
                                Status UNDER_CREATION
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                                References 
                                  A paste made from the root is used as a pain killer.
                                  Keystone Foundation
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                                  Contributors 
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                                  References 
                                    System Of Medicines Used In

                                    Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Sowa-Rigpa, Unani, Siddha, Traditional chinese medicine

                                    FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1709
                                    Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1709
                                    Contributors 
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                                    References 
                                      Folklore
                                      Indigenous Information: Root used in many medicines.
                                      Keystone Foundation
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                                      Contributors 
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                                        📚 Information Listing
                                        References
                                        1. Plumbago zeylanica L., Sp. Pl. 151. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 480. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 744(524). 1921; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 156. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 237. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 219. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 260. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 228. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 262. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 273. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 199. 1995; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 389. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 219. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 177. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 176. 2002; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 400. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 489. 2009.
                                        1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                                        1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1709
                                        Information Listing > References
                                        1. Plumbago zeylanica L., Sp. Pl. 151. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 480. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 744(524). 1921; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 156. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 237. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 219. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 260. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 228. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 262. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 273. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 199. 1995; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 389. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 219. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 177. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 176. 2002; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 400. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 489. 2009.
                                        2. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                                        3. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1709

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                                        📚 Meta data
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                                        🐾 Taxonomy
                                        RootRoot
                                        KingdomPlantae
                                        PhylumTracheophyta
                                        ClassEquisetopsida C. Agardh
                                        OrderCaryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
                                        FamilyPlumbaginaceae
                                        GenusPlumbago
                                        SpeciesPlumbago zeylanica L.
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