Family: Plumbaginaceae
Synonym: Plumbago maximowiczii Gand.
Vernacular name: Kottuveli, Thumba, Thumbakoduveli, Vellakoduveli
Habit: Shrub
Habitat: Deciduous forests, also in the plains
Distribution: Pantropical
Flowering
and Fruiting:
November-March
Key
identification features: It is
an erect subshrub. Its leaves are ovate or elliptic-ovate. The white flowers
grow in elongated, terminal, often panicled racemes. The corolla. The plant has
5 stamens, and its capsules are oblong and acute, featuring 5 furrows .
Uses: A paste made from the root is used as a pain killer.
It is used in treating intestinal troubles, dysentery, leucoderma,
inflammation, piles, bronchitis, itching etc
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