Plant Details

Accepted name:: Plumbago indica L. [Plumbaginaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
agni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
agnih	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
agun pata	Other	Med. Pl. used by Deb Barma Clan in Bangladesh (Kabir et al., 2014)
akanati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akanatitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akkini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
amaimoni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amaimoniccepi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aruna-chitraca	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atidipya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
binasa	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cegappu-godiveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cekappukkotiveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cekkikotiveri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cencittiramulan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cengodiveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cenkodiveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cenkoti veli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cenkotiveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cenkotumuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cenkotuveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ceraka kampung	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ceraka merah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cettikkotuveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ceylon leadwort	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
chekkikotuveri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chekodiveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cheraka merah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chethikoduveli	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
chetta mun phloeng daeng	Other	Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015)
chettikotuveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chithrakam	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
chitra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chitraca	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chitrak	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
chitraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chitranga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chitravalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chittermul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chittramoolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chittur-mol	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
choovondacoduvalie	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chuvannakotuveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cikappuccittiramulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cikappukkotiveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
citraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
citrakah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
citrakah-rakta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cittira mulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cittiramulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civappuccittramulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civappukkotiveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cuvannakotuveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dahaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dahanah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
daruna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
daun jarak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
derhaka mertua	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dipika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dvayagni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dvipih	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erra chitramulamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
errachithramoolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
errachitramulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
erracitramulamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fire plant	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
hrasvagni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indian leadwort	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
irattacittiramulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalamula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kangyok	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
kant-choke-ni	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
karunacam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempu chithra moola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempu chitra moola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempu chitramula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempuchitramula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kempucitramula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiruttinaviyalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kodi veli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kodimuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotimuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotiveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotumuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotuveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
laalchithra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lal-chirarak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lal-chita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lal-chitarah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lal-chitra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lalchita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lalchitarak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lalchitra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lalcitra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
laurel	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mahanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marjara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pampasapit	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pathi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pavaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pitatarukkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
plumbago de flor vermelha	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
rakta chitraka	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rakta-chitraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rakta-shikha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktachitra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktachitraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktacitra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktacitraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktashikha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raktasikha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rath nitul	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
rattacittiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
red plumbago	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
roktocheeta	Other	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
rose-coloured leadwort	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
rosy leadwort	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
röd blyblomma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
scarlet leadwort	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. used by Deb Barma Clan in Bangladesh (Kabir et al., 2014) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
schetticodivalie	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
schettikodiveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
searlet leadwort	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
segappugodiveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sengodiveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sengoduveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
senkodiveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
senkoduveri	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
setaka	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shencodie vaylie	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shitaraje-ahmar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shitarake-surkh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shittermul	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shitturridge	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shivappu chittramulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shivappu-chittira-mullam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sitaka	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sittiramulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tambadachitramula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tambdi-chitrak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thambadachitramoola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
upavalitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
usana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
usharbudhavhaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
utiravanni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
utiravannicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vahnimula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vyala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
whorled plantain	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yerra-chitramulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yerrachitramoolam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yerracithramoolum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yerracitramulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zi hua dan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
紫雪花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves, Root bark		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
leaves, roots		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Whole plant, root		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
root	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Plumbago rosea L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 215 (1762).
Plumbagidium roseum (L.) Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 10: 339 (1841).
Plumbago coccinea Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 122 (1796), nom. superfl.
Plumbago rosea var. coccinea (Lour.) Hook. Bot. Mag. 89: t. 5363 (1863).
Thela coccinea Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 119 (1790).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Plumbago indica	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Plumbago indica L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. Pl. used by Deb Barma Clan in Bangladesh (Kabir et al., 2014) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Plumbago indica Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Plumbago indica Linnaeus	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Plumbago rosea	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Plumbago rosea L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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