Ixora coccinea L.

DeFilipps, Robert A. & Krupnick, Gary A., 2018, The medicinal plants of Myanmar, PhytoKeys 102, pp. 1-341 : 149

publication ID	https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.102.24380
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D59049AB-174B-156E-5A58-6984C71FBA17
treatment provided by	PhytoKeys by Pensoft
scientific name	Ixora coccinea L.
status

Treatment

Ixora coccinea L.

Names.

Myanmar: pan-thawka, pan-zayeik, pon-na-yeik. English: flame-of-the-woods, jungle flame ixora, jungle geranium, scarlet ixora.

Range.

South India. Cultivated in Myanmar.

Uses.

Root: Used as an appetizer and stomachic.

Note.

In India the root is used as a stomachic, for acute dysentery, loss of appetite, chronic ulcers, and applied on sores; the flower is used for dysentery, catarrhal bronchitis, and leucorrhea ( Jain and DeFilipps 1991).

Reference.

Nordal (1963).