Gula Dhavi / Fire-Flame Bush
Woodfordia fruticosa
Also known as Shiramjitea, Woodfordia
- Habit
- Shrub
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan & more
- Flowering
- November-May
How to identify Gula Dhavi
Identify Gula Dhavi by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a shrub habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Tubular red flowers in dense clusters.
- Confirm flower colour: Red.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: November-May.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Gujarat and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Lythraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Gula Dhavi.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Woodfordia fruticosa
- Genus
- Woodfordia
- Family
- Lythraceae
- Habit
- Shrub
- Habitat
- Common on slopes, also in hills
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Pakistan, Japan, Tropical Africa, Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Java, Sumathra, Sunda Islands
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam, Karnataka, Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Punjab, Bihar, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Delhi
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-May
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (LC)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Redrecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Gula Dhavi itself; the rest are typical of the Lythraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- Dhawai,गुल धावी gula dhavi
- Nepali
- धयँरो Dhayanro, अमर फूल Amar Phool, कलिङ्ग Kalingg
- Tamil
- Velakkai
- Telugu
- Jargi seringi, Godari
- Kannada
- ಆರೆ Aare, ತಾಮ್ರಪುಷ್ಪಿ Taamrapushpi
- Malayalam
- Tatiripuspi, താതിരി
- Marathi
- Dowari, धायटी
About Gula Dhavi
Fire-flame bush (Woodfordia fruticosa) is a shrub in the Lythraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and 19 other states. It grows in common on slopes, also in hills. Flowering and fruiting run from November to May.
Lythraceae
Loosestrife/Henna family
Gula Dhavi belongs to the Lythraceae family.
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