Woodfordia fruticosa
Woodfordia fruticosa
Common name:
Fire Flame Bush,
Red Bell Bush,
Dhawai etc.
Lythraceae,
a spreading, deciduous shrub that ascends the Himalayas up to 1800 m, but is rarer in South India.
An important medicinal plant as it is used in native medicine. This enters into the composition of many preparations, decoctions, churnas and ghritas for various diseases, but chiefly dysentery and diarrhoea by reason of its being highly astringent.
Surendra Parihar
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