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Plumbago indica
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Family:
PLUMBAGINACEAE
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Citation: Plumbago indica L., Diss. Stickman 24.1754; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 228. 1989; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 273. 1994; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 388. 1997; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 400. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 489. 2009.
Plumbago rosea L., Sp. Pl. (ed.2) 215. 1762; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 481. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 745(524). 1921.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chethikoduveli, Chivappu-koduveli, Chuvana-koduveli, Koduveli
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Tamil name(s):
Chitrakmool
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English name(s):
Chitrakmool, Fire plant, Rosy flowered leadwort, Radix Plumbago, Scarlett Leadwort
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Description:
Shrubs with long succulent roots; branches sometimes rooting, up to 0.5 to 1.5 m, cylindrical, striate, without fascicled leaves in the axils, young stems flaccid. Leaves alternate, to 15 x 7 cm, oblong-elliptic, broadest towards the middle, acute at apex, attenuate at base, glabrous, finely scurfy underneath. Flowers red in long purplish red to scarlet racemes, not corymbose, up to 25 cm, rachis and bracts without glands. Sepals up to 1.0 cm, red, glandular all over. Corolla tube up to 3.5 cm long, lobes to 12 mm long, obovate, distinctly mucronate. Filaments of stamens as long as the corolla tube, anthers exserted just beyond the throat. Ovary ovate-oblong, style base hairy, stigmas 5.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-March
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Cultivated or found as an escape
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Distribution:
South East Asia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Red
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Cherupuzha
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