Medicinal value of Jungle gernnium/ Rathmal/ Ixora coccinea

Botanical name:-Ixora coccinea

English name:-Jungle gernnium

Tamil name:- Kullai, Vedtci

Family: Rubiaceae

Native Range: Tropical Asia

Culture

Winter hardy to Agriculture Zones September 11 wherever it's best fully grown in damp, acidic, organically made, well-drained loams fully sun. Best flowering fully sun. Tolerates some light-weight shade at the warmth of the day. generally dislikes air temperatures below fifty degrees F. bush branches can die to the bottom in light-weight freezes, however typically revive the subsequent spring. cut backwatering in winter.

Noteworthy Characteristics

Ixora coccinea, usually known as flame of the woods or jungle herbaceous plant, could be a rounded evergreen bush that that generallygrows to 4-6' (less oft to 10') tall. it's native to India, land and geographical area, however is currently wide fully grown in tropical areas round the world. it's become a really well-liked shrub in southern American state. Woody stems ar clad with opposite, leathery, elliptic to rectangular, glossy, dark inexperienced leaves (each to 4" long). Tubular, 4-petaled, bright red flowers bloom in coyrmbose cymes (each to 5" wide). Primary bloom is in summer, however spasmodic bloom happens throughout the year. Flowers ar followed by spherical dark purple/black fruits (drupes).

Genus name comes from the Portuguese rendering of Indic Isvara which means lord, bearing on the god Siva.

Specific epithet suggests that scarlet.