Botanical name : Plumbago capencis Linn.
Family : Plumbaginaceae
SANSKRIT SYNONYMS
Chitraka, Agni, Dahana
AYURVEDIC PROPERTIES
Rasa    : Katu
Guna   : Lakhu, Rooksha, Teekshna
Virya   : Ushna
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
English  : Leadwort, Blue leadwort
Hindi  : Neelchitra, Chita
Malayalam : Koduveli, Neelakkoduveli
Distribution – Throughout India in moist places; growing wild. Also cultivated in garden. 
PLANT DESCRIPTION
A pretty perennial shrub with semi woody stems and numerous branches. Leaves simple unequal sized, alternate, or sometimes in a whorl, oblong-lanceolate and acute; flowers blue in short condensed terminal spikes.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
Usually this plant is not taken in medicinal formulations. It is believed that this plant is having rejuvenative property; but not scientifically proven. 
Useful part : Roots