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Chitrak Shwet

Common Names


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About    Taxonomy


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CLASSIFICATION


TAXON 


Plumbago zeylanica L.

FAMILY 


Plumbaginaceae Juss.

ALTERNATE FAMILY


nom. cons.

TRIBE


Plumbaginoideae

GENUS 


Plumbago L.

SPECIES


zeylanica L. Sp. pl. 1:151. 1753


Plant Description


A rambling shrub; branches woody, angular-striated. Leaves ovate, 7 cm long and 3 cm broad, acute, narrowing suddenly into the petiole; petiole l-2 cm long with a dilated amplexicaul base, glabrous or puberulous. Flowers rather densely arranged in 10-35 cm long, often branched spikes; rachis of the spike often pubescent or glandular. Bracts ovate, acute, 5-6 mm long, 3 times shorter than the calyx. Calyx tubular, 1-1.5 cm long, covered with stalked glands; limb 5-fid; teeth very short, corolla gamopetalous; tube 2 times longer than the calyx; limb white, 5-Iobed; lobes cuneate-retuse, shortly mucronate. Stamens free. Style slender glabrous. Described from India.

Flowering Period: July-September.

 

*Description source:  Efloras.org

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