Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Woodfordia fruticosa
Scientific Name and Description
Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz
Herb Family
Plant type
Shrub
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Woodfordia floribunda SALISB.
Acistoma coccineum Zipp. ex Span.
Grislea micropetala Hochst. & Steud.
Grislea punctata Buch. Ham. ex Sm.
Grislea tomentosa Roxb.
Lythrum fruticosum L.
Lythrum hunteri DC.
Lythrum punctatum Span.
Woodfordia floribunda Salisb.
Woodfordia tomentosa (Roxb.) Bedd.
Acistoma coccineum Zipp. ex Span.
Grislea micropetala Hochst. & Steud.
Grislea punctata Buch. Ham. ex Sm.
Grislea tomentosa Roxb.
Lythrum fruticosum L.
Lythrum hunteri DC.
Lythrum punctatum Span.
Woodfordia floribunda Salisb.
Woodfordia tomentosa (Roxb.) Bedd.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Hindi | ban-mahendi, dauri, davi, dawe, dawi, dha, dhai, dhamin, dhan, dhan-phal, dhati, dhau, dhaula, dhaulu, dhaura, dhauta, dhavdi, dhawa, dhawai, dhawi, dhawin, dhawla, dhay, dhayad, dhayat, dhayati, dhewtiesantha, tavi, thawi, veeru dhayad |
| Kannada | are, are hoo, bela, daathakee kusumka, kempu kumusalu, taamra pushpi, tamrapushpi, tamrapuspi |
| Malayalam | tamrapushpi, tatire, tatiri, tatirippu |
| Marathi | daayatti, datyatti, dhaavas, dhaiphal, dhaiti, dhauri, dhavri, dhavti, dhayati, dhazatichi, phulsati, phulsatti, phusati, pulsathi |
| Sanskrit | agnijvala, agnivala, ani, bahupushpika, dhataki, dhatripushpika, dhatupushpi, dhatupuspa, dhauri, dhav, guchhapushpi, kumuda, kunjara, mada, madakara, madaniyahetu, madaniyahetuh, madhavasini, madyapushpa, parvati, rodhrapushpini, sanghapushpi, sidhupushpi, subhiksa, subhiksha, tamrapushpi, tamrapuspi, tivrajvala, vahnijawala, vahnijvala, vanhipushpi, vanhishikha |
| Tamil | acamantam, cirincippu, dhathari-jargi, dhattari, jargi, kaattaaththippoo, kattaddi, kattatti, kuccuputpam, malaiyatti, peyatti, pushpam, tatari, thathari, velakkai |
| Telugu | dha-ta-ke, me tog da ta ki |
| Urdu | gul dhawa, gul ghawa |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Unani
Siddha
Tibetan
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Stem
Bark
Leaves
Flowers
Fruits
Ethnopharmacology use
Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz Shrub Leaves, flower, stem bark, fruit Blood purifier; diarrhoea; leucoderma; leprosy; burning sensation; antibacterial; dysentery; cuts; wounds; jaundice General Dubey et al. 2012, Rao et al.2011
References
Literature
Literature
Dubey et al. 2012
Rao et al.2011
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of Chamba District (Himachal Pradesh) Author - Harindar Singh and M Sharma
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-2 Author - C.J SALDHANA
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
A Forest Flora for Kumaon Author - A.E. Osmaston
Flora of Maharashtra State (Dicotyledons) Volume 2 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
The Flora of Orissa Vol II Author - Saxena H.O.,Brahmam M.
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
Flora of Tons Valley (Uttaranchal) Author - T.S.Rana, Bhaskar Datt & R.R.Rao
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
Citations
Herb citations
Woodfordia fruticosa. (2021, March 23). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodfordia_fruticosa