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Monday, October 27, 2014

Malitha/woodfordia fruticosa














Botanical name:-woodfordia fruticosa
Family name:-LYTHRACEAE   
English name:-Fire-flame bush   
Tamil name:-velakkai, kattaddi   
Sanskirt name :-Parvati, Bahupuspika  
Status:-Native
Distribution:-Sri Lanka, India  
 
Edibal parts:-Nun 
Ayurvedic usage:- Heart diseases, Haemorrhoids, Lung diseases, Liver   diseases, Insanity, Dysentery, Apoplexy’ Snake bites, Nervous system disordes, Dropsy, Leprosy, Spleen disorders, Blood diseases, Fever, Asthma, Fistula .
Propagation:-Seeds.