• Family : PLUMBAGINACEAE
  (Leadwort Or The Plumbago Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : CHITRAK FAMILY (चित्रक फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : PLUMBAGINACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Plumbago auriculata Lam.
• Common name : The Cape Leadwort, Cape Plumbago
• Vernacular name : Nalla chitramulamu, Neelichitramulamu (Telugu)
• Habit : Undershrub
• Habitat : Garden plant
• Comments / notes : Cultivated as an ornament in gardens, hills above 1000m.
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Native : Cape Province (South Africa)
• World Distribution : Cultivated in most parts of the world.
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 2; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Plumbago auriculata. Downloaded on 20 May 2024.

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