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| Latin Names |
English Names |
Hindi Names |
| Woodfordia fruticosa
Kurz. / W.floribunda Salib. |
Fire Flame
Bush,
Shiranjitea |
Dawi, Santha,
Dhaura |
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| Habitat |
A much-branched, beautiful shrub, with fluted stems and long, spreading branches commonly occurring throughout North India and sometimes cultivated in gardens for its flowers, which are borne during summer. Bark is reddish brown, peeling off in to thin and fibrous strips. The leaves are lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate. The flowers are numerous, brilliant red in dense axillary, paniculate-cymose clusters. The capsules are ellipsoid, and membranous. The seeds are brown, minute, smooth and obovate.
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| Morphology Description (Habit) |
A much-branched, beautiful shrub, with
fluted stems and long, spreading branches, 1-3 m. high, rarely up to 7 m., commonly occurring
throughout North India, ascending to an altitude of c. 1,500 m. in the Himalayas, but rather
scarce in South India. It is sometimes cultivated in gardens for its flowers, which are borne
during the summer months. Bark reddish brown, peeling off in thin, fibrous strips; leaves
lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate; flowers numerous, brilliant red in dense
axillary paniculate-cymose clusters; capsules ellipsoid, membranous; seeds brown, minute, smooth
obovate.
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| Principal
Constituents |
Woodfordins A, B,
C, D, E, F, G, H, I and were identified from the flowers1.
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| Toxicology |
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There is no adverse
effect on usage of this plant.
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| Indications |
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The flowers have astringent and
stimulant properties.
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| Product
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Lukol.
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| Reference |
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- Yoshida, et. al., Chem. Pharm. Bull., 1990, 38,
1211; 1992, 40, 2023; Chem. Abstr., 1991, 114, 263170.
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