Flame of the woods

Scientific name of Flame of the woods: Ixora coccinea
Name of Flame of the woods in different languages:
English: jungle geranium, jungle flame, Jungle flame Ixora
Sanskrit: Paranti, Patali, Raktala
Hindi: Rangan, Rugmini, Ranjan
Malayalam: Chethi-ചെത്തി, Thechi-തെച്ചി, thetti - തെറ്റി
Plant description:
lame of the woods or Ixora red (Ixora coccinea) is a flowering shrub, grows up to 1 m. tall, evergreen, blooming throughout the year, many branched. Leaves are ovate-oblong tapered and the end, bright green, 10 cm long and 4 cm wide. Flowers are deep red, four petals, in clusters at the branch end.
Useful plant parts: Root, flower, whole plant.
Medicinal uses: Used in many of Ayurvedic medicines
Chemical contents:
Oleanolic acid, lupeol, sitosterol, ursolic acid, lecocyanadin, anthocyanins, proanthocyanidins and glycosides
How to prepare medicines:
Flame of the woods is the one of the ingredients in the Ayurveda medicines like-
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