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Wild leadwort
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Wild leadwort

Plumbago zeylanica L.

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Names

EnglishWild leadwort
Dutch—
SpanishAretitos
Chinese白花丹
Scientific namePlumbago zeylanica L.

About this species

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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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderCaryophyllales
FamilyPlumbaginaceae
GenusPlumbago