Lythraceae
Woodfordia fruticosa
- Family
- Lythraceae
- Genus
- Woodfordia
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Common names
By language (9)
- Arabic
- ثعابة مخشوشبة, زهرة البقر
- arz
- ثعابه مخشوشبه
- Chinese
- 虾子花, 蝦子花, 吴福花, 红皮水锦树, 虾子花叶
- Hindi
- गुल धावी
- Indonesian
- Sidowayah
- mad
- Podhi
- Malayalam
- താതിരി
- Marathi
- धायटी
- Nepali
- धाइरो
Synonyms
- Acistoma coccineum Zipp. ex Span.
- Grislea punctata Buch.-Ham. ex Sm.
- Grislea tomentosa Roxb.
- Lythrum fruticosum L.
- Lythrum hunteri DC.
- Lythrum punctatum Span.
- Woodfordia floribunda Salisb.
- Woodfordia fruticosa f. genuina Kurz ex Koehne
- Woodfordia fruticosa var. punctata Blume
- Woodfordia tomentosa Bedd.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to April (from 193 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
Photo: HWIAM mW LLGAUO, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: HWIAM mW LLGAUO, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: HWIAM mW LLGAUO, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: HWIAM mW LLGAUO, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: HWIAM mW LLGAUO, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.