Plumbago zeylanica Chitraka Citraka

Plant Profile

Botany

Binomial nomenclature

Plumbago zeylanica

Scientific Name and Description

Plumbago zeylanica L.

Herb Family

Plumbaginaceae

Plant type

Shrub

Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular

Hindi	chatawar, chita, chitarak, chitawar, chiti, chitra, chitrak, chitraval, chitravar, lechkuro, safed-buti, seetrok, sitraval
Kannada	agnipaavaka, bilay-chitramula, bili chitra mool, bili chitra moola, chitraka, chitramoola, chitramula, chitramulike, citramula, citramulike, mulike, vaahini, vahni
Malayalam	kotuveli, schetti-codiveli, tombacodavelli, tumba-codiveli, tumpukotiveli, tumpukotuveli, vellakotuveri
Marathi	chithraka, chithramoola, chitraka, chitramula, dhi-chitrak, paandaraa chithra
Sanskrit	agni, agnika, agnimata, agnishikha, agnisikha, anala, analanama, barhi, bhali, brihadbhanu, chitra, chitraca, chitraka, chitrakavrikshaha, chitranga, citra, citraka, citrakah, citrakah-sveta, dahaka, dahana, daruna, dvipi, himarati, hiranyareta, hutabhuk, hutasa, hutasana, jataveda, jvalanakhya, jyoti, jyotishka, krishanu, krishnavartma, krsanu, kuta, lohitanga, nirdahana, nirdahani, pachi, palaka, pali, pathi, pathina, pavaka, saptarshi, shambara, shardula, shikhavana, shikhi, shura, shushma, shwetachitraka, sikhi, sikhin, ushana, vahni, vaishavanara, vallari, vanhi, vanhinama, vibhakara, vibhavasu, vyala
Tamil	adigarradi, akanati, akanaticceti, akanatitam, akkini, alal , alarcuti, anal#, anal analam, angodiveli, anincakacceti, anincakam, anincil , ankaracatti, ankotiveli, ari , arunaveli, aticanaci, atikanalacceti, atikanalam, atikanari, atikanari , atikari, atikarrati, atimakamuli, atinatippuntu, atipatinci, atipatinki, atipatinkicceti, atipatunkaicceti, atipatunki, cataveta, catavetai, catti, cattuvati, cerukkan, cerukkanvelicceti, chithiramulam, chithramulam, chitramulam, chittira, chittira mulam, chittiragam, chittiramulam, cilaiman, cittar muli, cittarmulam, cittarmuli, cittimulam, cittira mulam, cittirakacceti, cittirakam , cittirakkoti, cittiram , cittiramulam, cittiratam, cittramoolum, civam , cotikantam, cotimulam, cotimuli, cuci, cuvalini, eluna, elunacceti, eri, ilataivanni, kal, kanali , kanalintiran, kanalintirankoti, kanilam, kanilam#, kanilam, kanilindiran, karikai, karimai, karimai#, karimai, kavikkaruppi, kodivaylie, kodiveli, koduveli, kolu, komucciravalli, konunkakalam, koticci , kotitti, kotiveli, kotiver, kotiyatakam, kotunali, kotunavi, kotunavicceti, kotuveli, kuriyavanni, makaratacceti, makaratam, makarutam, natakkaiyarival, nekili, neruppumuli, oli , olikaicceti, olikam, pakappati, patinam, patinam, sadaveda, sittragam, takam, talal, talarkoti, tamaraki, tamarakicceti, tanalakini, tanalakinicceti, tanalarri, tanuptam, tapanakacceti, tapanakam, tapanan, taruvanavakkini, ticaina, ticainacceti, tigana, tikana, tikanati, tikanaticceti, tikku, tivipinamam, tivipinapakkoti, tivipinapam, tuvayakkini, ukkan, umilnirpperukki, utacanam, utacanan, utakavan, utalveticci, utankan, vacakam, vacankam, vaccakaram, valakaccikai, vallivanni, vanama, vanamacacceti, vanamacam, vancakacuram, vancakaram, vancira, vanciracceti, vanni, vannipiliyam, vannippiriyacceti, vannippiriyam, varalam, veli , vellaiccittiramulam, vellaikkotiveli, vellaikkotuveli, ven-chittira mulam, vencittiramulam, venkodiveli, venkotimulam, venkotiveli, viratattuvam
Telugu	agnimaata, agnimaatha, agnimata, agnimatha, chithramoolamu, chitra-mulam, chitramoolam, chitramulam, chitramulamu, citramulamu, tella-chitramulamu, tellachitramulam, tellachitramulamu, tellacitramulamu, thellachithramoolamu
Tibetan	kru trug tres (p), kru tug tres, tsa gran ka, tsi tra, tsi-tra, tsi-tra-ka
Urdu	chita lakri, chita wood, sheetraj hindi
Common names	Ceylon leadwort, doctorbush, wild leadwort,

Plants Medicinal Value

Medicinal Systems

Ayurved

Unani

Siddha

Tibetan

Folk

Sowa Rigpa

Herb usable parts

Roots

Whole plant

Ethanomedical Uses

Ethnopharmacology use

Plumbago zeylanica L. Shrub Whole plant Abortifacient; sexual; debility; antifertility; asthma; breast cancer; fits; eczema; skin diseases; rheumatism; tympany; jaundice; leucoderma; gastritis; typhoid; arithritis; ringworm; gynaecological disorders; scorpion stings; sore wounds; snakebite; stomachache; diuretic; diarrhoea; pyrexia; General; pregnant women; women Latheef et al. 2014, Murty and Venkaiah 2010, Padma et al. 2016, Ramya 2008