Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz
Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz
Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz
MS053 : Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz
| Plant Category | : | Shrubs |
| Melghat's Flora's Serial No. | : | 202 |
| Synonym | : | 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 Common Name | : | Dhayati, K-Dhin,Khinni G-Pitte, Surpudi, Fire Flame Bush, Red Bell Bush • Hindi: Dhawai • Marathi: Dowari • Tamil: Velakkai • Malayalam: Tatiripuspi • Telugu: Jargi seringi, Godari • Kannada: Tamrapuspi • Oriya: Dhobo • Konkani: Dhauri • Urdu: Jetiko • Gujarati: Dhawani • Sanskrit: Parvati, Bahupuspika • Nepali: Ras Dhayenro |
| Plant Family | : | Lythraceae |
| Description | : | Deciduous shrubs to 3 m tall with spreading stems. Leaves subsessile, 4-11 x 2-4 cm, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, subcoriaceous, whitish velvety tomentose and finely orangish- or black-punctate beneath. Flowers crimson, slightly zygomorphic, in 2-16-flowered axillary cymes; pedicels to 1 cm long. Calyx tube 1-1.5 cm long, tubular; lobes 6, short, more or less triangular, alternating with small callous appendages. Petals 6, red, 3-4 mm long, lanceolate-acuminate. Stamens 12, inserted near the bottom of the calyx tube, 0.5-1.5 cm long. Ovary 4-6 mm long, oblong, 2-celled; ovules many; style 0.7-1.5 cm long. Capsule 0.6-1 x 0.25-0.4 cm, ellipsoid, included in the calyx. Seeds numerous, trigonous-ovoid. |
| Plant Location in Melghat | : | In Undergrowth of forests, along stream banks, on vertically cut rocky faces of slopes frequent throughout |
| Medicinal Use / Activity | : | The flowers are astringent. They are used in the treatment of dysentery, traditionally being beaten up with honey into a kind of confection. They are also thought to be of use in treating menorrhagia. The flowers are used externally as an astringent. |
| Plant's Phytochemicals | : | COMPOUNDS: Beta-sitosterol; linoleic acid; oleic acid; palmitic acid; stearic acid; octacosanol; chrysophanol-8-O-Beta-D-glucopyranoside; cyanidin-3,5-diglucoside; hecogenin; inositol; Woodfordins A;
Woodfordins B;
Woodfordins C; llagic acid; myricetin-3-galactoside; pelargonidin-3,5-diglucoside; lawsone; betulin; betulinic acid; lupeol; oleanolic acid; ursolic acid; ACTIVE COMPOUNDS (10): Lupeol; Beta-sitosterol; Pelargonidin; Myricetin; Betulinic acid; Ursolic Acid; Oleanolic Acid; Betulin; Pelargonidin-3,5-diglucoside; Palmitic acid; |
| Plant's Current Status | : | IUCN Red List Category - Lower Risk/Least Concern |
| Plant's Cross Database Reference | : | 259142 |
| Reference | : | Dhore M. A. (1984) The flora of melghat tiger reserve
- http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Fire%20Flame%20Bush.html
- http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Woodfordia+fruticosa
- https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/228521
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17276634 |
| Reference | : | ~ Chandra Prakash Kala; "Aboriginal uses and management of ethnobotanical species in deciduous forests of Chhattisgarh state in India"; Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2009); 5(20): 1-9 PMID : ~ J. Lenin Bapuji and S. Venkat Ratnam; "Traditional Uses of Some Medicinal Plants by tribals of Gangaraju Madugula Mandal of Visakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh"; Ethnobotanical Leaflets (2009); 13: 388-98 PMID : ~ Dhore MA and Joshi PA; "Flora of Melghat Tiger Reserve"; Directorate, Project Tiger, Melghat (1988); PMID : ~ Omesh Bajpai, Jitendra Pandey and Lal Babu Chaudhary; "Ethnomedicinal Uses of Tree Species by Tharu Tribes in the Himalayan Terai Region of India"; Research Journal of Medicinal Plant (2016); 10(1): 19-41 PMID : |
| Kingdom | : Plantae - Plants |
|---|---|
| Phylum | : Tracheophyta |
| Subkingdom | : Tracheobionta - Vascular plants |
| Superdivision | : Spermatophyta - Seed plants |
| Division | : Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class | : Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons |
| Subclass | : |
| Order | : Myrtales |
| Family | : Lythraceae - Loosestrife family |
| Genus | : Woodfordia |
| Species | : Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz |