Plantago indica L.

Plantain des sables (fr), Plantain scabre (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Plantaginaceae > Plantago

Characteristics

A herb.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination anemogamy
Spread barochory
Mature width (meter) 0.25
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.4
Root system tap-root
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

Usage

Uses animal food food gum material medicinal
Edible leaves seeds
Therapeutic use Constipation (seed), Demulcents (seed), Diarrhea (seed), Diuretics (seed), Dysentery (seed), Laxatives (seed), Urogenital system (seed), Cooling effect on body (seed), Antitussive (unspecified), Cancer(Uterus) (unspecified), Expectorant (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Emollient (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Antidiarrheic (unspecified), Inflammation (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Demulcent (unspecified), Hypercholesterolemia (unspecified), Intestinal diseases (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 10 - 21
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Plantago indica unspecified picture

Distribution

Plantago indica world distribution map, present in Australia, Canada, China, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, Thailand, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:685262-1
WFO ID wfo-0000478468
COL ID 4JLL3
BDTFX ID 49930
INPN ID 113881
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Plantago indica Psyllium scabrum Plantago arenaria Psyllium ramosum Plantago psyllium Plantago ramosa Psyllium indicum Plantago scabra Psyllium indicum Psyllium arenarium Psyllium erectum Psyllium annuum Plantago ruthenica Plantago indica var. rossica Psyllium indicum subsp. orientale Psyllium scabrum subsp. orientale