Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Ixora coccinea
Scientific Name and Description
Ixora coccinea L
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| English | flame flower |
| Hindi | rajana, rangan, rookmini, rugmini |
| Kannada | gudda daasala, guddedasal, gurugudu, holedaasala, kaepala, kapala hoo, kempu kaepala, kempugundu hoo, kempukepala, kempulagida, kepala, keppulagida, kepula, kepuladai, kevala, kevala gida, kisagaara hoo, kisgara, kiskar, kiskara, kissara, kissargida, kisu kaare, kisukaare, kisukare, kusumaale, maale gida, maale hoo, maalehoo gida |
| Malayalam | cekki, cetti, chekki, chetti, schetti, shekki, shetti, tecci, techi, tetti, thechhi, thechi, thetti |
| Marathi | bakora, padkali, pankul, pendgul, pendkul, pentgul, pitkuli |
| Sanskrit | bandhujivaka, bandhuka, binduka, parali, paranti, pathalee, raktaka, raktata |
| Tamil | attimankicacceti, attimankicam, cetarakacceti, cetarakam, cetaram, cetaram, cetti, cetti, cheddi, cinturacceti, cinturam, citaram, cuvetaki, cuvetakicceti, erinakai, koranpoo, koranpu, kullai, mayilai , sedaram, setti, sinduram, tecci, telli, thetti, vedcci, vedji, vellaivetci, vellaivetcippucceti, velvetci, verchi, vetchi, vetci, vitchie, vitci |
| Telugu | bandhuca, bandhujeevakamu, bandhujeevamu, bandhujivakamu, bandhujivamu, bandhukamu, koranam, korani, mankana, manmadhabana, manmadibanum, manmathabanamu, nuru varahalu, raama bhanamu, rama banamu |
| Common Names | Jungle Geranium Flame of the WoodsWest Indian Jasmine, jungle flame pendkuli |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Herb usable parts
Roots
Bark
Wood
Leaves
Ethnopharmacology use
Ixora coccinea L. Small shrub Leaves, flower, fruit, root Wounds; skin ulcers; sore throut; Bronchitis cough; Asthma; Tumor; jaundice; skin diseases; hepatoprotective; cholera; conception; leucorrhea; scabies; antimicrobial; antitumor; oral cancer Children Asha and Pushpangadan 2002, Kshirsagar and Singh 2001, Nizar et al. 2015
Herbs Medical Indications
Herbs Medical Indications (चिकित्सीय संकेत)
References
Literature
Literature
Asha and Pushpangadan 2002,
Kshirsagar and Singh 2001
Nizar et al. 2015
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Ixora coccinea. (2024, May 27). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ixora_coccinea