• Family : Plumbaginaceae
  (Leadwort Or The Plumbago Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : CHITRAK FAMILY (चित्रक फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Plumbaginaceae
• Synonym(s) : Findlaya alba Bowdich; Molubda scandens (L.) Raf.
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Plumbago zeylanica L.
• Common name : White Plumbago, De Ceylon Lead wort, Ceylon leadwort, Lead wort, White leadwort, Wild Plumbago
• Vernacular name : Chitrak (Hindi); Boga agechita (Assamese); Telhidak angouba (Manipuri)
• Habit : Shrub
• Habitat : Naturalized on the Ridges and adjacent hilly tracts
• Comments / notes : Plant is very acrid
• Key identification features : Steam striate. Flowers white in long, spiciform racemes. Calyx sticky, densely glandular, persistent. Capsule oblong
• Flower, Fruit : September-February
• Distribution :
  • Haryana : Gurgaon district
• Native : Tropics & Subtropics
• World Distribution : Pantropical
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Maheshwari K.J (1963). Flora of Delhi: 203
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Plumbago zeylanica. Downloaded on 3 December 2023.

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