✿Plumbaginaceae · Plumbago
Nila Chitrak / The Cape Leadwort
Plumbago auriculata
Also known as Cape Plumbago
Undershrub
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Plumbago auriculata
- Genus
- Plumbago
- Family
- Plumbaginaceae
- Habit
- Undershrub
- Habitat
- Garden plant
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- Cape Province (South Africa)
- Distribution
- Cultivated in most parts of the world
- Found in India
- Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chandigarh, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland, Telangana, Tripura, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Leaf characters
- Leaf arrangement
- AlternaterecordedOne leaf per node, arranged in a spiral or zigzag up the stem.“The leaves alternate and are 2–5 cm.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Characters marked “recorded” are for Nila Chitrak itself; the rest are typical of the Plumbaginaceae family.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Nila chitrak नीला चित्रक
- Bengali
- নীল চিতা
- Tamil
- கருங்கொடி வேலி
- Kannada
- ನೀಲಿಚಿತ್ರಮೂಲ Neeli chitramula
- Malayalam
- നീലക്കൊടുവേലി
About Nila Chitrak
A member of the Plumbaginaceae family, The Cape Leadwort (Plumbago auriculata) is a low shrub. In India it has been recorded in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 18 other states. It grows in garden plant. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Botanical family
Plumbaginaceae
Leadwort Or The Plumbago Family
Nila Chitrak belongs to the Plumbaginaceae family.
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