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Plumbago zeylanica L.
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- Synonym:
- Plant Family:
- Plumbaginaceae.
- Habit & Habitat:
- A branched, rambling shrub, found in sub-tropical zone.
- Plant Description:
- Leaves simple, ovate, pale yellow-green, 8cm long, 3cm broad, acute. Petiole with amplexicaul base. Inflorescence a branched spike. Flower actinomorphic, pentamerous, white. Calyx tubular with stipitate glands. Corolla limb rotate, tube larger than calyx length. Fruit a capsule. Seed reddish-brown to dark-brown.
- Flowering and Fruiting:
- April- September.
- Harvesting Time:
- May-December.
- Medicinal Value:
- Plant is acrid and stimulant, promotes salivation. A paste of this plant with salt and water used to treat ringworm, leprosy, scabies, baldness and leucoderma.[4] Decoction in oil treats stomach cancer.[5] Locally a massage with oil and powder is useful in rheumatism and paralysis. Crushed leaves are used in dyspepsia and piles.
- Part Used:
- Flower,leaf and root.
- Occurrence:
- Fairly common.
- Future Perspective:
- Conservation, Collection, Cultivation, Herbal Pharmacy, Allopathic Pharmacy.
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