Plumbago auriculata (common names नीला चित्रक, blue plumbago, Cape plumbago or Cape leadwort), syn. P. capensis

Plumbago auriculata (common names नीला चित्रक, blue plumbago, Cape plumbago or Cape leadwort), syn. P. capensis, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae, native to South Africa. (Pic from Central Park, Jaipur).

An evergreen plant grows as a household small plant or as a climber. It has blue/ light blue / white flowers.

"Plumbago auriculata is a medicinal herb plant. The name has a root from the Latin word plumbum, meaning lead, because it has some pharmaceutical effects for lead poisoning (Asha Saji, V. T. Antony, 2015) . Also it is used as a phytoremediator for lead and cadmium." 

"This plant is usually used in traditional medicine in India, like treating wounds, broken bones, and headache. ... metabolites have been ... isolated from Plumbago auriculata such as Plumbagin, palmitic acids."

Pawan kumar Gupta