Woodfordia fruticosa
Woodfordia fruticosa
Author : (L.) Kurz
Family : Lythraceae

Habit: Shrub
Sanskrit: Dhataki, Madaniyahetu
English: Fire flame bush, Woodfordia, Shiranjitea
 
Description
A much-branched shrub, up to 1-4 m high, with long spreading branches, reddish-brown bark, peeling off in thin, fibrous strips, lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate, sessile leaves, numerous, brilliant-red flowers in dense axillary panicles and ellipsoid capsules containing brown, minute, smooth, obovate seeds.
Useful part

Flowers, root
Medicinal Uses

leprosy, skin diseases, burning sensation, bleedings, leucorrhoea, wounds, diarrhoea, dysentery, foul ulcers, diabetes, fever, fracture, liver diseases, thrist, leprosy, diseases of blood, stimulant in pregnancy
Major chemical constituents

ellagic acid, polystachoside, myricetin-3-galactoside, asiatic acid, maslinic acid, pelargonidin-3,5-diglucoside, ursolic acid, sitosterol & its β-D-glucoside, anthocyanins, kaempferol, lawsone, cyanidin-3,5-diglucoside, octacosanol, chrysophanol-8-O-β-D-glucopyranoside, woodfordin D, oenothein A (I), hecogenin, mesoinositol, betulic acid, 9-methyl-9-azabicyclo (3.3.1) nonan-3-one (granatan-3-one), 1-(2-piperidinyl)-2-propanone (pelletierine), isopelletierine, methyl isopelletierine, pseudopelletierine, friedelin, C-glucoside, carbohydrates, carotene, insulin, D-mannitol, 2-(1-propenyl)-δ-piperidine-[2,3,4,5-tetrahydro-6-(1-propenyl)]-pyridine, granatins A & B, punicatolin, nicotinic acid, pectin, protein, riboflavin, thiamine, vitamin C, delphinidin, diglycoside, aspartic acid, citric acid, gallic acid, malic acid, glutamine, isoquercetin, punicalin, punicalagin, estrone, punicic acid