Woodfordia fruticosa | SMPB Kerala

Family: Lythraceae
Vernacular names: Thathiri, താതിരി (Malayalam), Woodfordia (English), Mada (Sanskrit), Dawi (Hindi), Jargi (Tamil)
Distribution: Paleotropics
Description: Shrubs. Leaves subsessile, ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate. Flowers crimson or reddish orange, slightly zygomorphic, axillary cymes. Capsule, ellipsoid; seeds numerous, trigonous-ovoid.
Habit: Shrub
Habitat: Cultivated as medicinal plants
Flowering & Fruiting: January-April

Parts used: Flowers, leaves and bark.
Properties & Uses: Anthelmintic, stimulant and sedative. Dried flowers are used to treat thirst, toothache, bleeding, wounds, diarrhea, dysentery and herpes. Decoction of leaves is used to treat boils and body swellings. Bark is used to treat urinary diseases, dysentery, leprosy and diseases of blood.
Systems of Medicines: Ayurveda, Folk, Unani, Homeo,
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