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
Kletterbleiwurz German
dentelaire sarmenteuse French
hierba de pájaro Spanish
higuillo Spanish
malacara Spanish (CU)
mielilla Spanish
zapatilla Spanish
joelho-de-cabra Portuguese
louco Portuguese (BR)
plumbago-branco Portuguese