Plant Details

Accepted name:: Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz [Lythraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aarl puruvu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
acamantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
agnijvala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
agnivala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anare phul	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
are	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
are hoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
are puvvu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bahupushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bahupushpika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bahupuspī	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
bajhiya	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ban-mahendi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barami	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
birukanda	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chenchev	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chiranji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chyuhuwa	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
cirincippu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
daathakee kusumka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
daayatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
daring	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
datyatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dauri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
davaiya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
davi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
davyi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dawayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dawe	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dawi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dha-ta-ke	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dha-ta-ki	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
dhaarhupushpika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhaataki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
dhaathaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhaatri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
dhaavas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhaikaphool	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
dhainra	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
dhaiphal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhaiphool	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
dhaiphul	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
dhaiphula	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
dhait	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhaiti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhamin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhan-phal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhanyar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
dhanyaro	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
dhataki	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
dhatakl	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
dhathaki	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
dhathari-jargi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhatripushpika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhattari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhatupushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhatupushpika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhatupuspa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhau	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhaul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhaula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhauli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
dhaulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhaura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhauri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhauta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhav	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhava	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
dhavadi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
dhavadiphool	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
dhavani	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
dhavati	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
dhavdi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhavri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhavti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhawa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhawai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. from Sawat, Pakistan for Women Diseases (Sarwat et al. 2012)
dhawi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhawin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhawla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhaya	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
dhayad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhayaro	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
dhayat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhayati	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhayero	Other	MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017)
dhazatichi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhewtiesantha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhātakī (flower)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
dola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ekstrak kental bunga sidowayah	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
errapurvu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fire flame bush	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
fire-flame bush	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fire-flame-bush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fulsee flower	Other	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
gaddapisinika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gaddapisinike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gaddapisiniki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gaji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gedda putika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghayaro	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
godaari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
godari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goddri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guchhapushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gul dhawa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gul ghawa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gule dhawa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jaaji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jagi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jagu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jaji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jajiyaku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jamjasa	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
jargi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jeguru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaattaaththippoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattathi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kattati	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kattatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattattipoo	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kempu kumusalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kerani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kodara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuccuputpam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumuda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunjara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunjaraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
loosestrife	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
mada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madakara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madaniyahetu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madaniyahetuh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madhavasini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madyapushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malaiyatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malitha	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
me tog da ta ki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pagadam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pan-le	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
panswe	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
parvati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pattagyi	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
peyatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phul dhava	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
phulsati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phulsatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phusati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulsathi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pushpam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
reyyamaanu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
reyyamanu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
reyyipappu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rodhrapushpini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sanghapushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sano dhayaro	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
seduayah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
seringi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seringir	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
serinji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shiranji tea	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shiranji-tea	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shiranjitea	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sidhupushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sirinji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sirinjie	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
subhiksa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
subhiksha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
syakte	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
taamra pushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taamrapushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tamrapushpi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tamrapuspi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tatari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tatire	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
tatiri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tatirippu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tattiripuvu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
tavi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tellamanu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thaamra pushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thathari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thawi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thellamaanu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tivrajvala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tāmrapuṣpī	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
vahnijawala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vahnijvala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vahnijvālā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
vahnijwaalaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vanhipushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanhishikha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
veeru dhayad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
velakkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
woodfordia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
woodfordiae fruticosae flos extractum spissum	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
yetkyi	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
虾子花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
虾子花叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Flower		MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017)
Flowers, Leaves		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Flowers, Bark, Whole plant		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
flowers		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Flower		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Flower		Med. Pl. from Sawat, Pakistan for Women Diseases (Sarwat et al. 2012)
bark, flower, leaves	dried flowers	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
flowers	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
bark		Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
flower, root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
flower	flower	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Bark (Stem), Flower		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lythrum fruticosum L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1045 (1759).
Woodfordia floribunda Salisb. Parad. Lond. 1: t. 42 (1806), nom. superfl.
Acistoma coccineum Zipp. ex Span. Linnaea 15: 202 (1841).
Grislea punctata Buch.-Ham. ex Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 17: n.° 2 (1811).
Grislea tomentosa Roxb. Pl. Coromandel 1: 29 (1795), nom. superfl.
Lythrum hunteri DC. Prodr. 3: 83 (1828).
Lythrum punctatum Span. Linnaea 15: 202 (1841).
Woodfordia fruticosa f. genuina Kurz ex Koehne Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 334 (1881), not validly publ.
Woodfordia fruticosa var. punctata Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 127 (1856).
Woodfordia tomentosa Bedd. Fl. Sylv. S. India: cxvii (1872), nom. superfl.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lythrum fruticosum L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Woodfordia floribunda	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Woodfordia floribunda Salisb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Woodfordia floribundus	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Woodfordia fruiticosa (L.) Kurz	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Woodfordia fruticosa	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Consv. of Forests in Garhwal, Himalaya (Kumar & Bhatt, 2006)
Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
Woodfordia fruticosa (Linn) Kurz	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Woodfordia fruticosa (Linn.) Kurz.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Woodfordia fruticosa (Linnaeus) Kurz	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Woodfordia fruticosa Kurz.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Woodfordia fruticosa Kutz	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Woodfordia ﬂoribunda Salisb.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Woordfordia fruticosa	Med. Pl. from Sawat, Pakistan for Women Diseases (Sarwat et al. 2012)

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