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Plumbago zeylanica
Doctorbush · Plumbago · Ceylon leadwort · Wild plumbago · Wild Leadwort
Tier 2 Difficulty: easy Water: low Light: full_sun
Temperature
20–37 °C
Soil pH
5–7
Hardiness
Zone 10–11
Click count
202
Observations
270
Description
Source: leafsnapPlumbago zeylanica, commonly known as Ceylon leadwort, doctorbush or wild leadwort, is a species of plumbago with a pantropical distribution. Carl Linnaeus described the paleotropical P. zeylanica and Neotropical P. scandens as separate species, but they are currently considered synonymous.
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Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Full sun
Ideal: Full sun
🌡️ Temperature 20–37.8°C
Ideal temperature: 20–37.8°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil 5-7
Soil pH: 5-7
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Vine, Shrub
- Life Cycle
- Perennial, Biennial
- Genus
- Plumbago
- Family
- Plumbaginaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 10-11
- Mature Height
- 0.91 m to 1.22 m
- Mature Spread
- 0.91 m to 1.22 m
- Leaf Color
- Light Green, Medium Sea Green
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Flower Color
- White
- Flower Size
- 2.54 cm
- Bloom Time
- All year round
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Harvest Time
- All year round
- Native Area
- Sri Lanka, Burkina Faso, Egypt, India, Malaysia, Belize, Angola, Mexico, Guatemala, Namibia, Madagascar, Pakistan, Yemen, Guinea-Bissau, Jamaica, Zimbabwe, Benin, Indonesia, Cambodia, Cameroon, Mozambique, Venezuela, Oman, Botswana, Congo, Nepal, Central African Republic, Honduras, Peru, South Africa, Zambia, Sudan, Philippines, Laos, Bangladesh, Guinea, Panama, Chad, China, Colombia, Bahamas, Bolivia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Togo, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Eswatini, Singapore, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Thailand
Tags (6)
Common Names (21)
en Doctorbush
en Plumbago
en Ceylon leadwort
en Wild plumbago
en Wild Leadwort
en Blister Bush
en Bright Eyes
en Eyebright
en Toothwort
en Ceraka
en Devil's plant
en Leadwort
en Mexican plumbago
en Old woman's bush
en Summer snow plumbago
en Arolla Pine
en Summer Snow
en The Ceylon Leadwort
en White Leadwort
en White Plumbago
en Wild white plumbago