🔴 Ixora coccinea

Traditional Herbs from Ixora coccinea

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• Prepare enough stems and roots then mash them until smooth.
• Put it on the injured or sick part.

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• Prepare enough Ashoka flowers.
• Wash thoroughly with water flowing.
• Heat enough coconut oil to add the flowers
• Apply the flowers to the irritated part.

What is Ixora coccinea Looks like??

Parts of Ixora coccinea that could be used

• Leaves
• Flowers
• Roots
• Twigs

Ixora coccinea Distribution

Ashoka came from South India and Sri Lanka. Widespread throughout tropical and subtropical areas such as Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. Also known as West Indian jasmine, it is often used in Hindu religious ceremonies and traditional Indian medicine. Ashoka is often planted as a hedge and ornamental plant, and also has properties as a medicinal plant.
Agroecology of Ixora coccinea
Generally found in tropical rainforests in humid places. It grows well in the lowlands and highlands, at an altitude of 1-1,000 m above sea level, at a temperature of 30-35 °C, and likes full sunlight.
Morphology of Ixora coccinea

• Top root brownish.
• Stem rough, hard woody, heavily branched, grey.
• Single leaves, elongated round, blunt to pointed tip, 7-10 cm long, 5-7 cm wide , dark green, shiny. Leaf stalks are very short, almost invisible.
• Compound flowers, 15-50 flowers in one bouquet. Each flower is tubular with 4-5 open petals lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate. Flowers are red or red-orange. Red stems.
• Fruit is fleshy, round, dark red to blackish purple, consisting of 2 seeds.

Cultivation of Ixora coccinea
Propagation is vegetative (stem or branch cuttings) and generative (seeds).

Ixora coccinea, more details :

Chemical Content of Ixora coccinea
It has activity as antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antitumor, treating wounds, skin irritation, treating red eyes, dysentery, diarrhea, boils and bronchitis.
Benefits of Ixora coccinea
It has activity as antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antitumor, treating wounds, skin irritation, treating red eyes, dysentery, diarrhea, boils and bronchitis.
Simplisia of Ixora coccinea

Another Facts for Ixora coccinea :

Synonym of Ixora coccinea
Ixora armeniaca Mottet� , Pavetta coccinea (L.) Blume�
Habitus of Ixora coccinea
Bush. Annual upright shrub, reaching 1-4 m high
Habitat of Ixora coccinea

• Forest