Plumbago zeylanica

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Plumbago zeylanica in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Plumbago zeylanica, Linn. Half-climbing, much branched, glabrous except the infl., which is glandular-hairy: lvs. ovate or oblong, obtuse or acute, the base of the short- winged petiole clasping the st.: fls. white, shorter than in P. capensis, the exserted part of the tube scarcely longer than the obovate retuse corolla-lobes, the calyx glandular-hairy: caps, long-oblong, 5-grooved above. Tropics of Asia and Afr., and east to Austral, and Hawaii. B.R. 32:23.—Little grown now, as it is inferior to the white-fld. form of P. capensis. Distinguished from that species by its shorter fls. and different lvs. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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