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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.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Plant Type
- Vine, Shrub
- Life Cycle
- Perennial, Biennial
- Genus
- Plumbago
- Family
- Plumbaginaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 10-11
- Mature Height
- 0.91 m to 1.22 m
- Mature Spread
- 0.91 m to 1.22 m
- Leaf Color
- Light Green, Medium Sea Green
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Flower Color
- White
- Flower Size
- 2.54 cm
- Bloom Time
- All year round
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Harvest Time
- All year round
- Native Area
- Sri Lanka, Burkina Faso, Egypt, India, Malaysia, Belize, Angola, Mexico, Guatemala, Namibia, Madagascar, Pakistan, Yemen, Guinea-Bissau, Jamaica, Zimbabwe, Benin, Indonesia, Cambodia, Cameroon, Mozambique, Venezuela, Oman, Botswana, Congo, Nepal, Central African Republic, Honduras, Peru, South Africa, Zambia, Sudan, Philippines, Laos, Bangladesh, Guinea, Panama, Chad, China, Colombia, Bahamas, Bolivia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Togo, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Eswatini, Singapore, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Thailand
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Doctorbush en Plumbago en Ceylon leadwort en Wild plumbago en Wild Leadwort en Blister Bush en Bright Eyes en Eyebright en Toothwort en Ceraka en Devil's plant en Leadwort en Mexican plumbago en Old woman's bush en Summer snow plumbago en Arolla Pine en Summer Snow en The Ceylon Leadwort en White Leadwort en White Plumbago en Wild white plumbago
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