Family: Plumbaginaceae
Synonym: Plumbago rosea var. coccinea (Lour.) Hook.
Vernacular name: Chethikoduveli, Chuvana-koduveli, Koduveli
Habit: Shrub
Habitat: Cultivated or found as an escape
Distribution: South East Asia ; India
Flowering and Fruiting: September-March
Key identification features: Shrubs with succulent roots, cylindrical branches; leaves alternate, oblong-elliptic, acute at apex; flowers red in in long purplish red to scarlet racemes, not corymbose; corolla tube long; Filaments of stamens as long as the corolla tube, anthers exserted just beyond the throat.
Uses: The root is acrid, vesicant, abortifacient and a
stimulant. Applied in bland oil, it is used externally or internally in rheumatism
and paralytic afflictions.
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