Warning
Seek medical attention if symptoms occur.
Description
A scrambling shrub to 1m with ridged stems.
The flowers are stalkless (sessile) or on very short stalks, white with five petals and a slender corolla tube 1.5-2cm long. The calyx tube is 5-ribbed, about 1cm long and covered with sticky glandular hairs.
The leaves are ovate, with a rounded to blunt apex and a long tapered base; 1.5-9cm long and 1-4cm wide.
Toxicity
Symptoms
Contact with the leaves and roots can cause severe skin irritation, redness and blistering.
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Details
Common name: Plumbago
Botanical name: Plumbago zeylanica.
Other common names: Ceylon leadwort
Family: Plumbaginaceae
General description: A scrambling shrub to 1m with ridged stems.
Flowers: The flowers are stalkless (sessile) or on very short stalks, white with five petals and a slender corolla tube 1.5-2cm long. The calyx tube is 5-ribbed, about 1cm long and covered with sticky glandular hairs.
Leaves: The leaves are ovate, with a rounded to blunt apex and a long tapered base; 1.5-9cm long and 1-4cm wide.
Fruit/Berries: The fruit is a capsule 3-6mm long, covered with sticky glandular hairs.