(Synonym: P.viscosa) English:White leadwort, Ceylon leadwort, plumbago India:Chitrak, chitramol German: Bleiwurz, Zahnkraut African vernacular names: Arabia: Ensain, enkin Chagga: Osuhure Kilongo: mzura Ndebele: matsisa Swahili: Sanza Tswana: Mosikomabe Pharm. definition: Herba Plumbaginis
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The plant Plumbago zeylanica is native in Southeast Asia and is growing in Africa, too. It is a branched evergreen shrub reaching up to 2 meters. Leaves are dark-green, ovate 30 cm long and 15 cm wide. The flowers are white in dense racemes, individuals around 1cm across, flowering all the year long. In Europe Plumbago capensis is cultivated as an ornamental shrub with blue flowers. It was featured as the Plant of the Week November 1-7, 2002.
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