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Plumbago indica L., Herb. Amb. 24 24 1754 (syn. Plumbagidium roseum (L.) Spach; Plumbago coccinea (Lour.) Salisb.; Plumbago rosea L.; Thela coccinea Lour.);
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Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Philippines, Moluccas, Lesser Sunda Isl., India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar [Burma], Darjeeling, Laos, Vietnam (I), Pakistan (I), Jamaica (I), Peru (I), Puerto Rico (I), Haiti (I), Dominican Republic (I), Virgin Isl. (I) (St. Croix (I)), Seychelles (I), Fiji (I), New Caledonia (I), trop. Afr. (I), Marquesas Isl. (I), Society Isl. (I) (Tahiti (I)), Taiwan (I), Trinidad & Tobago (I) as per Catalogue of Life;
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Common name: Plumbago, Scarlet leadwort, Rose-colored Leadwort • Hindi: लाल चित्रक Lal chitrak • Manipuri: ꯃꯨꯒꯥꯂꯩ Mugalei, ꯇꯦꯜꯍꯤꯗꯥꯛ ꯥꯉꯥꯡꯕꯥ Telhidak angangba • Oriya: ଅଗ୍ନୀ Ogni • Bengali: ৰক্ত চিত্ৰক Rakt-chitrak • Tamil: அக்கிநீ Akkini • Gujarati: કાલોચિત્રક Kalochitrak • Kannada: ಚಿತ್ರಮಲಿಕಾ Chitramulika • Malayalam: Kotuveli • Konkani: तांबडी चित्रक Tambdi chitrak
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Plumbaginaceae: Plumbago indica L.: Synonym: Plumbago rosea L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 1: 215. 1762. nom. illeg.
Family: Plumbaginaceae Lectotype = “Radix Vesicatoria” in Rumphius, Herb. Amboin., 5: 453, t. 168, 1747 Attachment: 1. Image of plant 2. Protologue – Radix Vesicatoria Herb. Amboin., 5: 453 3. Lectotype – Herb. Amboin., t. 168 – Closer look of the same – Thought of sharing my finds as well. Do have a look.
Plumbago indica from bangalore: Yes, and its medicinal….
09012013 BRS 432:
Pl. find the attached file contain photo for id. request. Location: PBRC, Vilupuram Dist., Date:01.01.2013 Habitat: Garden Habit: Shrub. Plumbago indica of Plumbaginaceae. Yes. red plumbago. this is medicinal too
ID for this plant please : 11 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (1 + 2).
i brought this into my garden it is 5 years old, flowers are beautiful ones. i don’t know weather it is usefull as medicine. Please post the close ups of the flowers for ID by the experts. thank you, iam posting few pics the red one looks like PLUMBAGO ROSEA….. The flowering one appears something similar to Plumbago rosea (!) Plumbago rosea = Plumbago indica
Plumbaginaceae and Primulaceae (incl. Myrsinaceae) Fortnight: Plumbaginaceae-Plumbago indica from Western Ghats-PKA1 : 6 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (3). Thanks, …, for the wonderful posts. Seen this somewhere but haven’t photographed.
Cochin-Pls validate-Plumbago indica?021214RT.Dec-2 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2) Apologies for the bad pics. Yes, it is Plumbago indica. Red plumbago
flowers seem a little bigger (compared to leaves) than what I have seen, but that’s no matter being in a pot may have a super abundance of n and p in the soils … Thanks…; for confirming ‘Lal Chitrak’
. 041225PKD1: Id pls collected from Khurda Odisha on December 2025: 4 high res. images. Plumbago indica L.
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Plumbago indica
Updated on December 14, 2025