Accession Data

Plumbago indica

Common Name: Scarlet Leadwort

Family: Plumbaginaceae

Country of Origin: tropical India

Uses: The root is acrid, vesicant, abortifacient and a stimulant. Applied in bland oil, it is used externally or internally in rheumatism and paralytic afflictions. The root is powerful sialogogue and a remedy for secondary syphilis, leprosy and leucoderma.
The milky juice of the plant is used in ophthalmia and in scabies.

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 8a-11

Accession #: 198500269

Accession Date: 1985-12-31 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1202

Quantity: 3

Source: Unknown

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: core eudicots

Order: Caryophyllales

Family: Plumbaginaceae

SubFamily: Plumbaginoideae

Flowering Data:

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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Retrieved 21 April 2014

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