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Plumbago zeylanica-Plant

499.00

Plumbago zeylanica- Koduveli, Kottuveli, Thumbakoduveli, Vellakoduveli, Ceylon leadwort, Lead wort, White leadwort, Wild Plumbago-plant

Description

Erect subshrubs, sometimes subscandent; stem striate. Leaves 3-7 x 1.7-3.2 cm, ovate or elliptic-ovate, base shortly and abruptly attenuated into a short petiole, apex acute or subacute, somewhat glaucous beneath; petiole c. 1 cm long, amplexicaul at base and often auriculate. Flowers white, in elongate, terminal, often panicled racemes; rachis with sessile glands; bracteoles ovate, acuminate. Calyx 8-12 mm long, narrowly tubular, densely covered with stalked glands; lobes small. Corolla 1-1.6 cm across; tube c. 1.5 cm long; lobes obovate-oblong. Stamens 5; filaments c. 1.5 cm long. Ovary ellipsoid, 1-locular; stigma 5-fid. Capsule oblong, acute with 5 furrows.Plumbago zeylanica, commonly known as Ceylon leadwort, doctorbush or wild leadwort, is a species of plumbago with a pantropical distribution. Carl Linnaeus described the paleotropical P. zeylanica and neotropical P. scandens as separate species, but they are currently considered synonymous

 

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Additional information

Weight 2 kg
Dimensions 36 × 15 × 15 cm
Common Name

Plumbago zeylanica- Koduveli, Kottuveli, Thumbakoduveli, Vellakoduveli, Ceylon leadwort, Lead wort, White leadwort, Wild Plumbago-plant

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