Plumbago zeylanica Linn.

Sc.name- Plumbago zeylanica Linn.

Family- Plumbaginaceae 

Syns👉Plumbago scandens Linn.

              Molubda scandens (Linn.) Raf.

              Plumbagidium scandens ( Linn.) Spach

              Plumbago occidentalis Sw.

              Plumbago maxicana Kunth.

              Plumbago lactea Salisb.

Common name🌿ceylon leadwort, Plumbago, doctorbrush, chittir, wild leadweed, sheetar, Bella keduveli, sheetaraj and white leadweed, 

Useful parts▶Leaves, roots and bark.

🔬Phytochemicals constituents:

Plumbagin, biplumbagin, crystalline, sitosterol, daucosterol, lupeol, chloroplumgin, fructose, hydroxyproline, sucrose, glucose, isozeylinone,

4-hydroxybenzaldehyde, xanthyletin, steroids, flavonoids, polyphenols,(plumbagic, aspartic, vanillic & trans- cinnamic) acid and isoshinanolone.

⏩Medicinal uses abdominal pain, appetizer, dysentery, diarrhoea, cold, cough, bronchitis, rheumatism, joint pain, paralysis, laryngitis, osteoarthritis, liver tonic, prostate cancer, chronic menstrual disorders, wounds ,syphilis, skin disease, tuberculosis, wound healing, swelling, sinusitis, spleen enlargement, piles, leprosy and anti fertility.