EPPO Global Database

Plumbago zeylanica(PLBZE)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: PLBZE
  • Preferred name: Plumbago zeylanica
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Western Asia (Pakistan), Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, China (including Taiwan), subsaharan Africa, USA (southern), Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, South America (except southern cone), Australia. Introduced in Mediterranean


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Plumbago scandens Linnaeus

Common names
Name
Language
blisterbush English
ceraka English
Ceylon leadwort English
devil's plant English
doctorbush English
leadwort English
Mexican plumbago English
old woman's bush English
summer snow plumbago English
wild plumbago English
dentelaire sarmenteuse French
Kletterbleiwurz German
joelho-de-cabra Portuguese
plumbago-branco Portuguese
louco Portuguese (BR)
hierba de pájaro Spanish
higuillo Spanish
mielilla Spanish
zapatilla Spanish
malacara Spanish (CU)