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GRIP



Taxon:  Plumbago indica L.



Summary
Genus:
Plumbago
Family:
Plumbaginaceae
Subfamily:
Plumbaginoideae
Nomen number:
28877
Place of publication:
Herb. amb. 24. 1754 (Amoen. acad. 4:133. 1759)
Verified:
03/19/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource) www.skud.info
  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
  4. Craib, W. G. & A. F. G. Kerr, eds. 1925-1962. Florae siamensis enumeratio.
  5. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  6. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  7. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  8. Padua, L. S. de et al., eds. 1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):411.
  9. Personal Care Products Council. INCI
  10. Smith, A. C. 1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
  11. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
  12. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
  13. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
Common names
English
Indian leadwort –
Swedish
röd blyblomma –
Transcribed Chinese
zi hua dan –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHainan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaYunnan Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China [Hainan Sheng, Yunnan Sheng]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Philippines
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Environmentalornamental Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Medicinesfolklorefide F ChinaEng; Pl Res SEAs 12(1):411. 1999; Herbs Commerce ed2McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=28877. Accessed 11 May 2025.