Plumbago ZEYLANICA L.
| Synonym : | Findlaya alba Bowdich Molubda scandens (L.) Raf. Plumbago viscosa Blanco Thela alba Lour. |
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| Bangla Name : | Chitrak, Chita, Chitra, Shet Chita, Sisilimili (Rema-kalenga). ,Tidi, Kadsibang (Chakma), Kain Kawk (Marma), Aigga tutrha (Garo). |
| English Name : | Ceylon Leadwort, White Leadwort. |
| Family : | Plumbaginaceae |
| Disease : | Rubefacient, vesicant, ecbolic, sudorific, astringent, diuretic expectorant, stomachic , abortifacient, piles, bronchitis, dyspepsia, rheumatism, anasarca, leprosy, ringworm, scabies, skin diseases, sudorific, antipyretic, scabies, ulcers, jaundice a |
| Description : | A perennial rambling herb, 0.6-1.5 m tall. Leaves 3.8-7.5 cm long, ovate, subacute, entire, glabrous. Flowers white, in elongate spikes, calyx 1-1.3 cm long, narrowly tubular, persistent, densely covered with stalked sticky glands. Corolla white, tube slender, 2-2.5 cm long, lobes 8 mm long, obovate-oblong, acute. Capsules oblong, pointed at both ends. |
| Distribution : | Chittagong, Chittagong Hill Tracts and Dhaka. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Roots and aerial parts principally contain plumbagin, a yellow naphthaquinone. Roots contain chitranone, zeylanone, maritinone, dihydrosterone maritinone, 2-methyl naphthaquin, a quinine, plumbazelanone and methylene di-plumbagin. Aerial parts contain plu |
| Uses : | The plant is rubefacient, vesicant, local ecbolic and sudorific. Roots are astringent, diuretic expectorant, stomachic and abortifacient, used in piles, bronchitis, dyspepsia, rheumatism, anasarca, leprosy, ringworm, scabies and other skin diseases. It i |
| Habit : | Herb |