Barcode: CAL0000013792

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Family: LYTHRACEAE

Scientific Name: Woodfordia fruticosa (L.) Kurz

Collector: Bahali and Agrawala

Country: India

Uses: Dried flowers are used as an astringent and stimulant. A Commercially available drug made of dried fruits, flowers, buds and broken pieces of inflorescences is much used in bowel complaints, hemorrhages, menorrhagia, and seminal weakness.