Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alakalavitaniram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
blue plumbago	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
cape leadwort	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
cape plumbago	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
chitraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dentelaire du cap	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
embeleso	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
karun-kodi-ver	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karunkodiveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karunkotiveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuppu-c-cittira mulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuppu-chittira-mulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kodiveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krishtnachitraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalla chithra moolamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalla chitrmulamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nallachitramulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nallacitramulamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neeli chithramoola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
neeli chitra moola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nil nithul	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
nila chitraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nila-chitraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
nila-citramula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilaccittiramulam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilachitramula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilacitraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilacitramula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilagnishikha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilagodiveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilakkotuveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilanirakkotiveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilashikha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilaveli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
plumbago azul	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
skyflower	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Roots		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Plumbago capensis Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 33 (1794).
Plumbagidium auriculatum (Lam.) Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 10: 339 (1841).
Plumbago alba Pasq. Cat. Ort. Bot. Napoli: 82 (1867).
Plumbago auriculata f. alba (Pasq.) T.H.Peng Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 60(1): 7 (1987).
Plumbago capensis f. alba Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 60: 285 (1888).
Plumbago capensis var. alba (Carrière) Pynaert Nursery Cat. (Éd. Pynaert - Van Geert) 1888(Suppl.): 21 (1888).
Plumbago grandiflora Ten. Cat. Ort. Bot. Napoli: 91 (1845).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Plumango capensis Thunb.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Plumbago auriculata	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Plumbago auriculata Lam.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Plumbago capensis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Plumbago capensis Thunb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Plumbago capensis Thunberg	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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